Re: FIRE TEAMS IN SG II

David,
> 
> Separate groups of Bren guns and rifles were pretty standard in
> British WW2 practice, and remained so with the GPMG, and quite
> possibly remain so today. The Bren gunner and assistant were
> supposed to neutralise the target from a flank or rear position
> while the riflemen went in with grenades and bayonets.
>
Isn't more of an attachment to the standard squad?

 
> German doctrine (according to wargames sources) relied on
> obliterating the target with close-range machinegun fire to the
> exclusion of any other close quarters fighting (excluding
> specialised SMG squads). Every German squad was supposed to have a
> tripod for the machinegun, the machinegun was a three man team,
> four including the squad leader who directed it out of a nominal
> ten men (but in practice six to eight). Panzergrenadiers commonly
> dismounted a second MG from their half-track, so could hardly have
> had any "riflemen" at all.

Tripods (as today) are only used on sustained defensive fire mode,
in maneuver you would normally use the bipod with an assistant
gunner. So even with the extra MG from the halftrack you'd
have plenty of rifles.