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Image of the average soldier the Army of the Wehrmacht, which is present in the mind of many people both in the West and in the East, established in A lot of effort filmmakers who openly neglected the importance of the correct historical reconstruction of reasons to make the film more exciting.
1. Fritz with a "Schmeisser"
The first and most important myth of the soldiers of Nazi Germany is very simple and familiar to everyone - almost all infantry armed with submachine gun MP-40. In fact, this "killer luxury" in the Wehrmacht relied far not many. On the MP-40 claimed only officers and crews of combat vehicles, some trucks, and field reconnaissance, paratroopers and assault separation. For ordinary soldiers conventional infantry MP-40 almost did not fall, for the very very few exceptions.
To better understand the worth quoting figures. On September 1, 1939 to April 30, 1945 by the Wehrmacht it took 18 million man. About 12 million people were in the Army. During the above period it was produced only 1.2 million unfortunate MP-40.
2. Cowboys Reich
During those same films can often be seen as Fritz with all the same MP-40 is constantly firing from the hip without aiming. It also has little to do with reality. Of course, from the MP-40 can shoot long bursts or even time to release the entire store as from any automatic weapons.
However, sub-machine gun was not the best accuracy of fire, so the fire of MP-40 were short bursts of 3-4 cartridges and in most cases - sighting.
3. Paphos instead of its statutes
In the movie, you can often see how Fritz marching to attack slender deadly chain. In fact it is the same cinema myth, as well as running a horde of strange to attack the Red Army. Soldiers that by the Reich, that from the Soviet Union (which in any other army of the time) moved offices and platoons, constantly used the terrain, craters, terrain features and armored vehicles as cover.
Walk orderly chains stopped the attack in the First World War with the advent of machine-guns and artillery development.
4. Ivan, tanks everywhere (even on trees!)
About tanks in the Wehrmacht, there is no less than the myths than of grunts. I'm sure many have seen in a movie, like a German tank, reaching the trenches of the Soviet soldiers, he begins to travel back and forth (or even spinning in place) to overwhelm the trench.
With this reality has nothing to do. Reich tanks always tried to pass as a danger zone as soon as possible and reach the enemy positions, and then delve into the rear, to cut off the enemy, which later will understand the infantry.
5. Six wheels in Valhalla
Motorization of ground troops of the Wehrmacht was indeed at a very high level at the start of the war. However, not all the German infantry went in trucks and even more armored vehicles. Last used, as a rule, for assault operations or security measures. Most of the soldiers were transported on trains, and in the front area of the Germans moved "the old fashioned way" on their two legs.
Continuing the theme why the soldiers of the Second World War did not wear camouflage on the battlefield and not only.
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