It was made in american workshops, using top quality metallurgy, with first class quality control at every level. In terms of functionality the Garand was certainly better. If you can make a case for each,doe's it not come down to personal choice,and preference would come from having fired each rifle,also under combat conditions! which is where the weapon will prove itself? or not. Initial design flaws were never completely rectified before this rifle went into full scale production in late 1943, and the design was continually changed and revised through to the end of hostilities in 1945.
Unfortunately for the Germans, the rifle proved to be substantially over powered for the 7.92x57mm cartridge, and was prone to malfunction. With the subtitution of stamped sheetmetal parts for many of the earlier milled steel components on the G41(W), and time saving short cuts such as a pressed in barrel in lieu of threading, and forged receivers, production time and rifle weight were significantly reduced. With the development of the G43, the Germans had at last a semi-automatic rifle design that could be mass produced in relatively short order. Infact despite all the factories manufacturing them having been destroyed after the war the Czech continued to use the G43 as a service rifle up until the late 50's, alongside the Vz.52, both being replaced completely in 1959 by the Vz.58 (a near copy of the AK-47). Both had their advantages and disadvantages, and they are both great rifles. In short the Garand was the best semi automatic full powered rifle to be made during the war, just like the K98k was the best bolt action rifle made during the war.īut having read a lot about both weapons, Garand & G43, I will have to say that it's a very close match. So with that having been said the Garand is overall the better rifle, it's just all in all a great rifle. The G43 however did sometimes suffer from a problem, some batches of G43s suffering from being made with low quality materials, mostly resulting in soft metal recievers. The G43 was a sturdy, reliable and decently accurate rifle. It is a mistake to say that the G43 was slow to reload and unreliable, it wasn't, that would be the G41.
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