Why 73% Of German MG42 Crews Never Survived Their First Week On The Eastern Front
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German MG42 machine gun crews on WWII's Eastern Front faced catastrophic 73% casualty rates within their first week of combat. Wehrmacht doctrine built entire squads around the MG42's devastating firepower, making crews simultaneously essential and fatally vulnerable. The weapon's distinctive 1,200-rounds-per-minute "buzzsaw" sound immediately revealed crew positions to Soviet forces, who developed systematic tactics to destroy them using concentrated mortars, snipers, and infantry assaults. Static defensive positions, enormous ammunition demands, and orders prohibiting retreat trapped gunners in targeted killing zones. Despite the MG42's technical superiority, Soviet numerical advantages and industrial capacity made crew survival a brutal mathematical impossibility in extended combat
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