Which was the best all round sub machine gun or assault rifle of ww2?

Question

...I realise 'best' is something of a misnomer for something that kills people. I guess it would be judged on reliability and its favour with the troops.

Answer 1

Shockingly, experts at Aberdeen Proving Grounds just this week in reviewing records and tests made a decision on just that question. I do not know much more then what I read but in this case I happen to agree with their decesion. I think even more amazingly is they considered their choice superior they are including weapons right up to day. To include a UZI, and everything but the new MG4. The weapon they choose was the Thompson Sub Machine Gun don't ask as I too have a hundred question(s) wooden stock, round magazine, etc.

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Answer 2

9 mm Bergman Model 34/1 (Short Barrel)
German Officers often confiscated these from lower ranks and used them themselves - very reliable/high quality build/almost unjammable.

This German sub-machine gun was the next to be produced in quantity. This gun, unlike the earlier Bergmans, was not designed by Hugo Schmeisser. The prototypes were made in Denmark in about 1932 and production of the weapon in Germany was at the Walther plant in Zella Mehhs, since Bergman did not have production facilities. It was never adopted by the Army, but was exported on a limited scale. It can be recognised by being a manually operated bolt action. It has two triggers, pressure on the outer one produces semi-automatic fire until the inner trigger is engaged, when the gun will fire automatic. This model was produced in long and short barrel versions.

Answer 3

The Lee Enfield .303 was used by the British Army and was pretty good. The sten gun was more or less a throw away gun and was inaccurate and you could chop your fingers off if you were not to careful when on automatic. The Vickers machine gun, I believe, used the same ammunition as the German guns so one could nick their ammo. It was a fearsome gun and used belts of ammo. The Bren gun used .303 and was a handy thing but the barrels melted when you gave it too much stick- some carried spare barrels which could be quickly interchanged

Answer 4

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Answer 5

the sturmgewehr 44 ( StG44 ) the Germans where looking for a solution to give the infantry a higher rate of fire without laking the range of a standard rifle ( MP40 high rate of fire short range ) so they came to the solution of a assault rifle the Stg 43 .
The most used is the StG 44 witch is a approved version of the first.
This gun has been used also after the war and was the grant father of the post war assault rifles.

Answer 6

This is how the troops preferred the rifles in the european theater: first, M1; for heavy support, Browning BAR, then Thompson. Of course in the pacific, the Thompson was most sought after.

Answer 7

I dont know the answer to your question but I'm curious - how do you judge a 'best gun'? - By the number of kills or by the one that doesn't break down as much?

Answer 8

If you include ease of manufacture and ease of maintenance in the definition of best, I'd vote for the PPSh 41.

Answer 9

.45 cal browning (The sub-machine gun)

Answer 10

Vickers probably. But depends whether you are talking hand held or otherwise.