Re[2]: [WW] German weapons

[Arne Reuter <reuter@tse-online.de>]

Hi!

> Its cool, its different, its neat...but there are a several of reasons not to use the enemy's weapons:

> a. booby traps
> b. being mistaken for enemy troops (either from the air in the case of tanks or from the sound/sillotte in the case of the side arms/MGs)
> c. breakdowns and repair parts.  You'll have to scrounge.
> d. operational differences (does this tank use gas or diesel...or I wonder what this button does)

> That being said, for short term infiltration and behind enemy line missions, they are probably the way to go.  Just don't dress up like the enemy or you'll get shot as a spy.

That might be much more true for the western front. In Northern Africa
because of supply shortages both sides grabbed whatever they could.
Rommel itself drove around in a british command vehicle and both sides
used tanks and vehicles from the other side.

The British vehicle park for supplies consisted largely of italian
trucks.

And the maintenance, well, back then those vehicles tended to be a lot
simpler than today. And crafty mechanics could actually make things...

btw, I believe booby traps were much more eminent in e.g the vietnam
war. What I have read this was not in the state of mind of people
(blow up things, yes, but booby traps? Could hit your own
civilians...)

Mit freundlichen Gruessen,

Arne Reuter

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