As the dev behind the slowly-progressing Austria-Hungary rework, I feel compelled to address this one. The current setup for the A-H tags have several problems, but this suggestion adds nothing to "realism" (I'm honestly surprised to see this term on this website) and contains severe issues...
I don't know much about Hitler-Mussolini relations, so I can't really answer that. I do suspect that they weren't very good and that the Germans indeed viewed the Italians as a liability.
Honestly, Hitler's probably going to intervene so that his so-called allies stop bickering with Barbarossa about to start, with him perhaps impressed by how bold the Croats were could could pressure the Italians somehow.
I'm sure there's a gif somewhere of Ian spilling bullets all over because of that terrible drum mag.
I'm surprised there's been little discussion over how meh drum mags are. Heavy, hard to carry and attrocious to load.
Err, no. A battle rifle needs selective fire among with its doctrinal use.
We really need to clear out the definitions here. I don't think anyone here is on the same page.
Automatic rifle refers to a very specific type of weapon in US doctrine. Not just a rifle that's automatic.