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I know of the Argentines, Uruguayans, Brazilians., Cubans, Paraguayans and Mexicans. Any others? | |
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Apart from Puerto Rico, none with forces in Europe. | |
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So just those 6 I mentioned. Were they requipped with US weaponry, or did they have their original stuff? | |
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brazilians had US kit. The Puerto Ricans too. I havent considered the others as yet, but i believe the Argentinians had Mausers. | |
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Here's a thread that you may find of interest: The Argentine Mausers were apparently 7.65mm as opposed to 7.92mm. | |
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indeedy, which made me think they woudl swap out with german gear if it was available. | |
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Would it have been available by the time of 'Sacrifice'? | |
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As st44s etc become available, they are bound to free up mausers | |
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So how much of the Argentines do you think would have kar98ks, as opposed to the original 7.65mms? And is that true for the Uruguayans as well? | |
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Not sure about the uruguayans. I lean towards use of the standard german round by the argentines in europe for ease of supply. I suspect training issues on the 7.92 would have been minimal, as there appears no difference in action or procedures from what I can tell. | |
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Would the Argentines have had only German weaponry, or would there have been other kinds? Like with the 6th Argentinian and 2nd uruguayan. | |
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The Cubans, I suspect, would probably also be armed with US kit, considering the American influence there.
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That's something I have no information on at the moment! | |
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Are you referring to the Cubans? | |
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Indeedy. I havent researched them yet as Im unsure how big a part they will play in RG | |
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As for the Uruguayans, Paraguayans or the Mexicans? Also, would you say that the 6th Argentine Divison was largely equipped with German kit by the time of Sacrifice? Or did they still have some of their old stuff or even other hardware? I have heard it said that the Cubans adopted the M1903 Springfield fairly early, Cuba having been under an Americna protectorate for the early part of the 20th century, I think, so I suspect that they would probably be given US kit. | |
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JOOC, how much of the Deutsche Republican Army were equipped with St44s by the time of Sacrifice? | |
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not many at all, but it will be phased in by unit, not dribs and drabs. | |
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So would the Argetinian 9th still have been largely equipped with their old 7.65mm Mausers then? | |
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Well, the Uruguayans had Mauser type rifles, too, i believe. Albet 7mm. So wouldn't they also get some surplus German weaponry for the same reason? | |
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