U. S. Army Guns Proving Superior To Red Weapons ii < (Editor’s note: .Following is the third .in a series of six ar ticles comparing a U. S. Army combat infantry division with the infantry division of the Soviet Russian Army.) A study of weapons and vehicles of a U. S. Army infantry division and a Russian infantry division shows the superiority of the American unit. It underlines the fact that a Soviet division —unlike a U. S. division —is not a balanaced team of combined arms. The U. S. division has three times as many tanks as the Russian unit — 144 compared to 44. The U. S. infantry division has ap proximately 19,000 small caliber wea pons—rifles, pistols, machinegnms— compared to approximately 10,500 for tiie Russian unit. The U. S. infantry division has 210 artillery pieces—including 105 and 155-millimeter howitzers and 57, 75, and 105-millimeter fecoilless rifles.' The Russian force has 165 artillery pieces, ranging from a 37-millimeter anti-aircraft gun to a 122-millimeter howitzer. While the U. S. division has 15,0 mortars, the Russian division has 111 mortars—and while the American uivjrtf has 555 rocket launchers, the force has only 36. A Russian division has 27 anti aircraft machineguns compared to 64 in the U. S. divisions. Russian firepower “points” are in creased considerably by the number of submachineguns in a Soviet infantry division —2,997. This compares with 970 in aU. S. infantry division. These weapons are effective only at short ranges and are of value only in close quarters. Individual arms of American sold iers are the world’s best and are far superior to Russian weapons. The Ml (Garand) rifle, standard is sue for the U. S. infantrymen, is a fast-firing, highly accurate, fool-proof weapon. The Russian counterpart is the cal. .30 M 1944 manually-operated,, bolt-action, 5-shot rifle whose accur acy leaves much to be desired. U. S. machineguns have undergone steady improvement and are very ac curate as well as fast-firing. The Russian heavy machinegun is basical ly a 1910 model and is mounted on a clumsy two-wheeled mount. The Russians, Chinese, and North Koreans have no equivalent of the U. S. .30-caliber carbine. Jammed guns as result of faulty cartridges are rare in the U. S. Army, but faulty cartridge cases cause so many stoppages in the Russian army that they are a serious problem. Each Russian rifleman carries a cleaning rod at all times, and its primary pur pose is to drive stuck cartridge cases out of the chamber of his gun. American mortar crews can fire ef fectively regardless of whether they can see a target. Russian mortar crews have little flexibility and can cover ground only to their immediate front. U. S, mortarmen can shift their fire to any point withlightning like speed. One U. S. platoon cover effectively the same ground that would require the efforts of several Russian mortar platoons. 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