Vs USA the Germans can send in an MG42, STG44, G41/43 and an Mp40 - thats almost half the section! the rest can sit back on high ground in good cover or on flanks and pick away at anyone threatening their 4 forward players with Full and Semi Auto weapons. Sections who play well together and co-ordinate with other sections will always do better. The maps/layers and the experience of the players matters more. And yet Brits can and do still win matches. The STG is an unbalancing weapon and far too readily available for historical accuracy reasons but it neatly solves the balance issue vs Americans while wrecking it vs Brits. But in PS they get one G41/43, one MG34/42, at least one Mp40 (sometimes 2) and most take the STG44 over the Mp40 which is comparable to a modern day assault rifle. They should have one Mp40, one MG34/42 and rest Rifles. You have more than enough CQB weapons in a PS german squad, more than a typical German section had in reality. Most German riflemen who know what they are doing will stay at mid to long range and fall back if pushed too close.

Most green players will spam fire it and empty their mags very quickly so any vet with a Kar98 will just use cover, pop up to draw fire and wait for the mag dump to end then one shot the Garand user. The M1 Garand is the best rifle in the game overall because it has a good ammo capacity a half decent sight and extremely fast rate of fire. You know half the germans have K98s so you want to close the range and play to your Garands strengths, that is until you hear an Mp40, stg44, mg42/34 or G41/43. The M1 Garand makes you play in a very aggressive way even vets get seduced into an aggressive play style with it because the gun suits it so much. I always get more kills with the K98 than any other. The Lee is a little better short range due to higher mag count and barely perceptible faster rate of fire but loses out in every other category to the Kar98. Personally I think its the best rifle in PS for mid to long range.

The K98 ranges superbly too making it deadly at longer ranges. Medic are especially dangerous because (for some odd reason) they get Binoculars so its very easy to play German medics like snipers. The Kar98 has the best open sight in PS and vets in PS are deadly with it. You just need to play more and master the weapons strengths and weaknesses on each map/layer.

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