Nuremburg trials

[Andy Harris]

I appreciate the "thanks", Totenkopf! No, I didn't ever see the sniper rifle you mentioned, nor any other sniper rifles in the war. As far as the RPK goes, i wouldn't know firsthand (I never fired the one I briefly "owned"), but in my opinion, the RPK has some strengths and some weaknesses. Its strengths are the legendary Kalashnikov reliabiliy, plus the ability to fire from 75 or 90 rd drums, or 30 or 40 round standard AK magazines. Its weakness is that not being belt-fed, sustained fire is limited. Compounding this is the fact that it does not have a removable barrel, which means that if it gets too hot, you have to wait a while before you can continue firing, or else risk overheating and damaging the barrel.
I was a combat engineer, attached to 2nd Marine Division. I did not personally participate in combat, as most of the Iraqis we were "up against", fled or died. I'm just glad that for most of us, it was a relatively easy conflict and I was able to come back.

[regular122]

VonLuck,

Shame on you for calling us misguided. Shame on you for comparing us to those that committed crimes on the scale of those judged at Nuremburg. I welcome the debate about us killing women and children as if it were a matter of policy or routine operations. Where do you get your information? Marvel Comics? Prepare for battle if you desire. But you had better come armed because it is not wise to joust without a lance.

Josh & Andy,

About the SVD. Here are two of my snipers, Specialist Summers and Staff Sergeant Owens, that used this SVD when we created a 4th sniping team in my battalion on operations in Iraq. The weapon now resides in the National Infantry Museum. It worked very well. The Iraqi Tabuk copies were in some ways even better than the Russian made versions. They were far less worn out and had good machining. We had trouble getting 7.62 mm ammo. We sought the steel cased East German variety when we captured it, as it had the most stable ballistics. Steve

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, we are going off topic here. Can we please keep to the original subject matter of Nuremberg.

Thanks.

Cheers, Ade.

[regular122]

Hi Guys, we are going off topic here. Can we please keep to the original subject matter of Nuremberg.

Thanks.

Cheers, Ade.

Ade, I agree but then this whole thread seems 'off topic' in the Living History forum. If bombs are going to be thrown, then we ought to at least have a chance to reply. Perhaps the thread would have been better elsewhere. But I'll follow suit. You guys moderate well and we should comply. Steve

[Josh Beckett]

How did Keitels face smash in the trap?

[regular122]

Josh,

Take a look at this thread on Hess. There was a alot of discussion on the hangings at Nurmeburg. Steve

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=155085

[Seigfried]

How did Keitels face smash in the trap?

I think that the answer in the end was that he must have leant or fallen forward as the trap opened and hit his face on the way down - ie the trap was far too small.
As he took 24 mins to die by strangulation there was ample time for him to bleed profusely, especially considering that the face and scalp have very many more capilliaries than the rest of the skin.