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Jump back to quoted post21 Apr 2021, 03:29 AMKiwiBirb

Volksgrenadiers were never issued mp40 in place of stg44.

Volksgrenadiers generally fought very well, the big difference being in a lack of officers in volksgrenadier divisions, not in quality of recruits, and the fact that 1 or 2 of every 3 squads were equipped with stg44 instead of kar98.

TO&E of a volksgrenadier company
https://www.battleorder.org/volksgrenadiers-1944
2 assault platoons, with:
- 2 assault squads x8 stg44
- 1 fire group, with x5 stg44 and x3mg42
1 rife platoon wit:
- 3 rifle squads with x1 mp40 x6 k98 x1 mg42

if you want a unit that was equipped with mp40 in the whermacht, Jaegers shoud be the ones depicted using them, as all jager divisions had the following to&e for their infantry:
7 mp40, 2 k98 (ammo bearer/rifle grenadier) and a mg42/34
Some jager divisions were issued stg44 for trials

Jump back to quoted post21 Apr 2021, 22:11 PMMr. Someguy

There is often a gap between what the official table of organization and equipment calls for and what they can get their hands on, especially for the Wehrmacht late in the war. It is true they were supposed to arm most Volksgrenadiers with Sturmgewehrs, but they didn't have that many Sturmgewehrs, and other divisions of the Army plus the Waffen-SS also wanted more Sturmgewehrs. What this meant was substitutions were needed, which meant using more Submachine Guns as filler.