How could the US have advanced their small arms technology better

>>33367844
protip: small arms are just there for show

american military doctrine: advance until you take casualties, take cover, call in airstrike, advance until you take more casualties

>>33367844
Still won.

>>33367874
This
War is waged between artillery divisions
Everything else is a sideshow

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>>33367874
>>33367882
>>33367882
>just for the sake of discussion
>proceeds to refuse to discuss

The adoption of the Johnson MG or developing it into a belt fed GPMG could have allowed America to effectively copy the doctrine of the Nazis with the squad automatic weapon suppressing while the riflemen take advantage of the covering fire to maneuver, which would be quite effective with the semi-automatic Garands as our standard infantry weapon compared to Germany's bolt actions, in addition to our standard procedure of being able to airstrike anything the troops run into.
Which is basically the doctrine we've used since the introduction of the M60.

The Garand could have been adapted to use the the same kind of rotary magazine the Johnson Rifle used as well for 10 round magazines and easier reloads, though no ping. I know at least one such Garand existed, because I've seen a picture but I can't find it right now.

>>33367874
>Suddenly find yourself in a situation without aircover
>All your squads get decimated because they don't have weapons that can compete with the enemy

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>>33367941
>tfw no Johnson Light Automatic Rifle that takes 40 round Anti-Aircraft BAR magazines

>m14
Duh

>>33367844
>For example could the BAR have been replaced with an improved automatic rifle, such as the Johnson LMG
That's not how you say the Winchester Automatic Rifle, anon

By adopting the Peterson instead of the Garand

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>>33368598
Get that antiquated shit out of here, the Johnson was a rockin' proto-AR

>>33367844
Cost.

The JAR was turned down in favor of the M1, and the Army didn't want to pay for the development/production of a second platform.

As for the JLMG, the BAR had already been around for awhile, and the US army didn't consider adopting German Light Infantry Doctrine (LID) until the war had already begun.

With the US army lacking time for the development of a new LMG, they simply took what they had because they didn't intend to rely upon LMG based LID.

TL;DR
BAR was cheap and convenient

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lol the BARF boat anchor verse the faggot42 fascist phallic dildo

colt monitors look cool though