RE: Early war engineers
I think the equal idea has merit, although were not German Eng equipped at times with the shaped charge (Eben-Emael, I think), but was this used across the board? We need to be careful to distinguish technical capability and skill from tactical daring and ingenuity. These, while related, have different meaning.
Noting we are discussing EARLY war Eng, I suggest Bazookas etc are a red herring. The Bazooka was introduced late 1942, and the "schrek" was a copy. Maybe we should demarcate the term "early war"? Up to March 1942, perhaps?
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