Carbine has the better cartridge but the mags are disposable, flimsy stamped dogshit that deform rapidly and cause ftf issues. Thompson would suck ass to lug around but it's the better choice
carbine is better overall due to its low weight
thompson for room clearing, since 30-rnd full-auto is just much better for it
a platoon leader is allowed to requisition weapons from the weapons pool for specific situations
so nothing really stops you from carrying a M1 carbine 90% of the time and only equipping tommy guns when you expect close-in terrain
you are moronic. when going into battle men often do not care about whether or not the machine gunners A is carrying right rifle. look at Australia, the doctrine stated that around 1in 7 troops in a rifle platoon carried Owens yet in reality it was more like 1 in 3 or 4. if it's available and preferable then someone will take it.
logistics and heavy standardization on one carbine in particular heavily constrain your mtoe options. pointing that out isn't "moronic" for people with an iq higher than potato.
>OP says Platoon Leader >Anon posts squads
you analyze kit starting from the smallest functional units and working your way up.
Platoon leader was specified and they would have a degree of choice
Which is why real life squad loadouts diverged from TOE
Like armored infantry having BARs when they werent issued any
Or infantry squads having multiple BARs despite only being issued 1
Tommy guns were also not standard issue but were kept in a weapons pool that could be handed out when needed
To say nothing of outright theft, using the .30s and .50s on the half-tracks in the field was not unheard of
>"choice" is not in your lexicon, anon.
Surprisingly it was. Rarely did squads carry what the TOS stated they should have. Most infantry squads carried 2 or more BAR's, SMG's worked their way in too. There was a lot of bartering and beg borrow or steal was a common phrase.
The US noticing this and not wanting to interrupt a good thing or try to do a heavy handed reorganization actually helped this by creating pools of available weapons at the company and battalion level that the commanders could hand out at their discretion. I believe it was 6 BAR's and SMG's per company and a some number of M1919's and Bazooka's at the battalion level.
each infantry company HQ had 6 BARs in reserve and 3 for each platoon, so they had 45 BARs per battalion
the battalion HQ also had 6 of their own M1919s, though i think those are the ones on the half-tracks, that were allowed to be issued on tripods to infantry units
>New mags were reliable >Better ballistics both near and far >Lighter >Better sights >Less recoil >More controllable in FA >More accurate >Bayonet >Rifle grenades
Depends on the environment, city, trenches, forests, anywhere that drags the fighting range closer, Thompson, wide open spaces, Carbine.
If you're a lazy homosexual the M1, and if you're a big dick chad the M1.
Based M1 Chad, all those M1 homosexuals will be coping and seething
Frick M1, all my homies run M1s
>M1 losers strike again
When will you homosexuals learn?! The M1 is superior in every way to the M1.
>being this moronic
M1 is better. no questions, no argument, no bullshit. DONT even try to shill me the M1!
Carbine has the better cartridge but the mags are disposable, flimsy stamped dogshit that deform rapidly and cause ftf issues. Thompson would suck ass to lug around but it's the better choice
carbine is better overall due to its low weight
thompson for room clearing, since 30-rnd full-auto is just much better for it
a platoon leader is allowed to requisition weapons from the weapons pool for specific situations
so nothing really stops you from carrying a M1 carbine 90% of the time and only equipping tommy guns when you expect close-in terrain
>thompson for room clearing,
why would a platoon leader be clearing rooms? he has privates for that.
I don't get why you guys are complaining about the M1, it cooks nips and krauts to a crisp just as good as the M2 does.
what if im at the rear on a patrol in the middle of nowhere and four Japanese men come up on me
>infantry
>ww2
"choice" is not in your lexicon, anon.
Yeah… uhhhh, lemme a uhhhh… lemme get a BAR. That’ll be all.
you are moronic. when going into battle men often do not care about whether or not the machine gunners A is carrying right rifle. look at Australia, the doctrine stated that around 1in 7 troops in a rifle platoon carried Owens yet in reality it was more like 1 in 3 or 4. if it's available and preferable then someone will take it.
logistics and heavy standardization on one carbine in particular heavily constrain your mtoe options. pointing that out isn't "moronic" for people with an iq higher than potato.
you analyze kit starting from the smallest functional units and working your way up.
Platoon leader was specified and they would have a degree of choice
Which is why real life squad loadouts diverged from TOE
Like armored infantry having BARs when they werent issued any
Or infantry squads having multiple BARs despite only being issued 1
Tommy guns were also not standard issue but were kept in a weapons pool that could be handed out when needed
To say nothing of outright theft, using the .30s and .50s on the half-tracks in the field was not unheard of
>OP says Platoon Leader
>Anon posts squads
>platoon leader
>chart of nco issue
Your post is cool and all, but what did the LT carry smarty pants?
>"choice" is not in your lexicon, anon.
Surprisingly it was. Rarely did squads carry what the TOS stated they should have. Most infantry squads carried 2 or more BAR's, SMG's worked their way in too. There was a lot of bartering and beg borrow or steal was a common phrase.
The US noticing this and not wanting to interrupt a good thing or try to do a heavy handed reorganization actually helped this by creating pools of available weapons at the company and battalion level that the commanders could hand out at their discretion. I believe it was 6 BAR's and SMG's per company and a some number of M1919's and Bazooka's at the battalion level.
each infantry company HQ had 6 BARs in reserve and 3 for each platoon, so they had 45 BARs per battalion
the battalion HQ also had 6 of their own M1919s, though i think those are the ones on the half-tracks, that were allowed to be issued on tripods to infantry units
>picks up FG42 and uses it instead
Nothin personnel
>Infantry Platoon LEADER
It was actually very much his choice
In all honesty if I was some fricking Boot Louey, I'd ask for a Garand
Meanwhile on /k/ in 1943:
>The M3 is JUST AS GOOD as the M1A1
M2 carbine.
>New mags were reliable
>Better ballistics both near and far
>Lighter
>Better sights
>Less recoil
>More controllable in FA
>More accurate
>Bayonet
>Rifle grenades
>Verification not required
M1 Carbine because it's significantly lighter
M1 carbine
because it's light as frick, and as a platoon leader I really just need a weapon for self-defense