If you were an infantry soldier in WW2, what class would you be?

If you were an infantry soldier in WW2, just a private or PFC or Lance corporal, what of these classes do you think you'd be best at or prefer? I'd be a RIFLEMEN! (Note ALL soldiers have Colt 45 pistols as back up guns!) These are made up, but entirely based on realism.

A Riflemen, issued with an M1 Garand rifle , basically most infantry soldiers are this, and they carry out the fight and do a bit of everything, they are the main guys!

A light assault gunner, issued with a 20 shot Thompson SMG, meant to fight up close in bunkers and houses and trenches.

A standard assault gunner, issued with a 30 shot Thompson SMG and are in between a light gunner and heavy gunner.

A heavy assault gunner, issued with a 50 shot drum fed Thompson SMG. Meant to be a mobile assault platform, quicker than a 30 cal but still a SMG.

A submachine gunner, issued with a Grease gun (Doesn't shoot grease, its kinda like a 30 shot Thompson.) and fights at medium range.

A support machine gunner, issued with a BAR and is charged with quick squad support.

A heavy machine gunner, issued with a 30 cal machine gun and charged with taking position and giving heavy covering fire and warding off open assaults.

An assist riflemen, issued with a shotgun and charged with clearing out close quarters.

A support riflemen, issued with a an M1a1 carbine and is charged with fighting in medium range combat and close range.

A sniper, issued with a springfield scoped rifle and is charged with advancing ahead of the battalion lines when not in combat and sniping enemy soldiers and other snipers, in combat he finds a good defensive position and snipes enemy troops in battle.

An anti tank personel, is issued with a magnum pistol and a bazooka rocket launcher and stays on the defensive lines and looks for tanks and such to blow up, and can hold his own in close quarters combat with his magnum.

A combat engineer, is issued a Sten SMG and dynamite and explosives etc and is charged with basically, blowing stuff up, since he's only in an infantry unit he doesn't build bridges or anything, just small entrenchments.

An Artillery airstrike coordinator is issued a 6 shot revolver and has a radio and binoculars to call in air and artillery strikes, he stays behind the defensive line.

A Medic is issued a Webley pistol and medical supplys and is charged with taking care of the wounded until they are taken to a field hospital, Medics are usually not supposed to fight but Germans and Japs don't care about the Geneva convention so just in case.

So what would you be? Like I said this is only in the infantry and you can't be an NCO or CO (Who choose their own weapons.).

And again I'd definatly be a RIFLEMEN! But I come close to a sniper and support rifleman.

Properly a standard assault gunner, always liked the thompson, looks cool, and from what ive read was a great weapon in ww2. Not gonna run around relying on a single shot rifle :) Want to be able to spray a little...

I'd be the coward who runs in the opposite direction. 8)SolidSnake35

Bootcamp would toughen you up so if you were toughened up and not a coward... Then what would you be?

i would be whatever class that would get the thomson between my trigger happy fingered hands :)MichaeltheCM

So basically you could either have a 20, 30, or 50 shot Thompson, I think you'd like the 50 shot although the ammo drums are BIG.

Properly a standard assault gunner, always liked the thompson, looks cool, and from what ive read was a great weapon in ww2. Not gonna run around relying on a single shot rifle :) Want to be able to spray a little...

mimic-Denmark

You'd be good with that I can tell.

In WW2 games, I usually use the BAR, so I guess I'd be the guy with the BAR :P Ryeferd

The BAR it is, you can still use them as rifles although they're a bit to heavy and you have to put it on Slow auto and pull off one at a time.

War is not a game.foxhound_fox

True, but if you had to fight in war you still need weapons, and its good to tell who'd be best at best, you'd make a good, I don't know what, all I know is that you should be in the FOX company.

War is serious business and it may seem like I'm making it look like a game but theres nothing wrong at seeing who'd be best at what.

True, but if you had to fight in war you still need weapons, and its good to tell who'd be best at best, you'd make a good, I don't know what, all I know is that you should be in the FOX company.

War is serious business and it may seem like I'm making it look like a game but theres nothing wrong at seeing who'd be best at what.

NicktehImperial

Anti Tank

well considering the 82nd All American Paratroopers are basically...my home and my family right now o_o, I would be a paratrooper, and probably a medic. but then again im a girl so back in the day i would probably not be allowed to fight and have to stay back or whatever. xhellcatx

u could dress like a man :D 

[QUOTE="NicktehImperial"]True, but if you had to fight in war you still need weapons, and its good to tell who'd be best at best, you'd make a good, I don't know what, all I know is that you should be in the FOX company.

War is serious business and it may seem like I'm making it look like a game but theres nothing wrong at seeing who'd be best at what.

foxhound_fox

Yes war is terrible, and I know that there are many many other things than the infantry, but besides the games I like to read up the history and I wonder, if you HAD to be an infantry soldier in WW2 what would you prefer? I mean war is terrible but would want to be a sniper if your not a good shot? Would you want to be a machine gunner if you don't like taking high maintenance things? (Yes Machine guns need to be taken upart and cleened up.)

So just because war is terrible means we can't talk about it?

And you said if you were DRAFTED into WW2 you would rather serve prison? First of all no one was drafted because everyone was inspired to take part, whether it be working in a gun factory or fighting in battle.

For me I would not serve any prison sentence, no I wouldn't waste my young 20's away, I would rather fight, I would prefer not to die but I would NEVER let myself become a POW either, people are either brainwashed to believe that war is fun and patriotism, or that war is blindly all terrible and useless. The truth is that its much more complicated.

I want to join the USMC infantry when I'm 18, thats it, the end.