Comments on: They were utilizing captured equipment https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/they-were-utilizing-captured-equipment/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Alistair https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/they-were-utilizing-captured-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-2758337 Alistair Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:19:42 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44632#comment-2758337 Wikipedia says nothing about German troop quality at Dieppe; Looks like an ethnic German Bodenstandig Regt, which implies reasonable if not good quality at this stage of the war. The overall force ratio on the beach was definitely favourable to alerted, unsuppressed, defenders in fortifications.

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]]> By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/they-were-utilizing-captured-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-2758119 Bruce Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:01:50 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44632#comment-2758119 Dunlap always spoke up for the strong points of Japanese small arms.

]]> By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2019/03/they-were-utilizing-captured-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-2758099 Adar Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:13:29 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44632#comment-2758099 Germans at Dieppe were second rate troops and using second rate captured weapons. Not the gun itself but the man behind the gun and how it is used. Best of the British Empire troops at Dieppe beaten handily by the German almost with leisure.

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