Re: Bar vs FG42 is it a draw?
IMHO the best comparison to FG-42 would be Soviet AVS-36 7.62mm full-power automatic rifle - also manufactured in rather small qantities, given to elite units, hard to control in autofire... Later replaced by similar, but just self-loading SVT-38/40 rifle. All sources I've seen claim FG to be intended as primary automatic weapon (ie rifle), manufactured in low quantities and used by crack units as rifle. Yup, there were just 7000 pieces but how many German paratroopers was there? And if you give those 7000 pieces to 7000 men in one unit it would act as a primary weapon (which it did AFAIK, those 7k pieces weren't spread thin in the entire FJ corps as would the SAW role suggest, rather they were concentrated in chosen units.)
Just my 2 cents
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