All the weapons equipped with the German armed forces have now basically been tested in real combat. From individual weapons to heavy equipment, the reliability is surprisingly good.

Today, production of the Mauser Model 98K bolt-action rifle is already being scaled back. Now this weapon is basically produced for the second-line troops, and it is rarely transported to the front line and used as a weapon for the main forces.

You must know that the scale of today's German armored forces is quite large, and the newly formed mechanized infantry divisions are also equipped with a large number of Stalker tank destroyers.

These Chaper, which can be used as half a tank, gave the infantry strong support, and also made the infantry's firepower structure change drastically.

In World War I, both sides were equipped with weapons with as far range as possible, and it was not until the middle and late stages of World War II that everyone pursued the ability to pour firepower.

The reason for the radical change is the spread of armored vehicles. Now the Germans have completed the large-scale popularization of armored forces ahead of schedule, so the requirements for firepower have also changed.

In September 1941, the German arms production department supplied 40,000 STG-44 assault rifles to the front, a figure that gave each of the more than 20,000 infantry squads of the front-line field forces two more STG-44 assault rifles.

At the same time, in September 1941, the German army also reequipped the front-line troops with 20,000 G43 semi-automatic rifles, further improving the individual firepower of the infantry squad.

At this moment, the main forces of the German front, such as the original Group G and now Guderian's Army Group B, most of the troops have about 4 STG-44 assault rifles per infantry squad.

With the addition of the G43, only 4 or 5 men per infantry squad now use the Mauser Type 98K rifles, which were commonly used in the German army.

If you count the soldiers carrying ammunition boxes, as well as the shooters equipped with iron fist rocket launchers, and the MG-42 machine gunners who support the squad operations, the frontal combat personnel of an infantry squad have almost all used STG-44 and G43 weapons.

Counting the MP-40 and MP-38 submachine guns, which have not yet been fundamentally eliminated, the proportion of weapons automation in German infantry squads has reached or exceeded 70 percent.

This progress is almost comparable to that of the US military two years later, when the US military relied on the M1 Garand rifle to barely surpass the current German army.

It is worth mentioning that the German army has not only significantly improved its weapons, but also made great progress in the details of individual equipment.

At the time of the start of the war in 1939, the standard equipment of the German army was a Y-strap, which had a mediocre ability to carry items.

Today's German army has almost all been replaced with H-shaped tactical vests that are more in line with mechanics, and there are various preset pockets on them, which are very many aspects when fighting.

In addition to the H-strap, the Germans also had a new type of backpack. This design, which is similar to the schoolbag of later generations, was very popular with the German army.

On the whole, the German army's armed belts and backpacks also crossed from leather goods to the canvas era - only at the bottom of the backpack were hard-wearing leather used as reinforcement materials.

So many rucksacks are produced in textile factories in Poland, France and Italy. The main force of production is the innumerable labor battalions in Poland that are almost free of labour.

With a large number of prisoner of war laborers who had to work in exchange for food and drink, the textile industry in Germany developed horribly.

Although the profit is meager, the number of orders ordered by the front-line troops is staggering - the army alone has placed a terrifying order of 4 million sets.

Different from backpacks and straps, the German army boots began to develop in the direction of leather, with a more intimate lace-up design, a more avant-garde and practical shape, and the new army boots made the German soldiers like it very much.

The chemical industry, with its almost unlimited supply of oil, has developed rapidly. Rubber, which had to be used with care, has become a cheap material.

Farben's profitability figures are getting bigger and bigger, and the factories are working overtime around the clock and are not able to meet the terrible numbers on orders.

German synthetic rubber, which has poor wear resistance and cannot fully replace natural rubber, is widely used in the soles of military boots, further increasing the production of German military boots.

It is not only rubber products that have been cheapened, but also plastics, which were once very expensive, and this new material has appeared in large numbers and entered the lives of ordinary people.

After a year of development, the German army is not the same as it was in 1940, they are armed with camouflage smocks, comfortable harnesses and backpacks, and use more powerful and advanced weapons.

With the increase in the density of infantry firepower, the German offensive capability also developed to a terrifying level.

Today's German armored forces often launch a coordinated attack with more than 30 or even 50 tanks, dense and powerful firepower, often breaking through the Soviet defense line at one time.

Reflected in the actual battle, it is the German army's momentum in Ukraine - although most of the reason is that the Soviet army has lost its fighting spirit, but the further expansion of the firepower gap between the two sides is also a reason.

In the first half of 1941, industrial production in the German rear provided the front with an almost infinite variety of fabrics, including paratrooper parachutes, canvas for the navy, camouflage nets for the army, and so on.

At least in terms of the Army, the industrial production of the entire Third Reich was thriving, and even the total amount of material production was higher than that of the United States at this moment.

According to later statistics by historians, Germany, or the entire Axis bloc, which integrated European industrial capacity, had more than 30% of the world's total production capacity around September 1941.

At the same time, the United States still accounted for at least 45% of the world's total production capacity. However, the gap in industrial strength between Germany and the United States is narrowing significantly.

This figure is not accurate, but it reflects a situation that is impossible to ignore. Despite its heavy losses in the Pacific Theater, the United States remains the world's largest industrial power that cannot be shaken.

It is a pity that the Axis powers, which brought together Germany, Italy, Romania, most of France and half of the United Kingdom, still cannot surpass the United States in terms of total production capacity.

However, we also have to admit that with the full support of Führer Li Le, as well as Hess's agricultural development and the backing of oil resources in various places, Speer, a master of co-ordination, has narrowed the gap between Germany and the United States to an acceptable level.

At least from the point of view of the data indicator of production capacity, Germany finally has the confidence to fight with the United States, and the world pattern has finally been pried.