stupid question

[TheDimLocator]

so.. i was playing as wehrmacht vs americans. i built a squad of volksgrenadiers. they start with (i beleive) 4 kar 98's and 1 mp44. and i think when u upgrade them with mp40's, they all get them. so i had a squad of them.. and i killed a bunch of paratroopers and my volks picked up a couple of recoiless rifles. then i noticed i still had ability to upgrade to mp40s. so i did. afterward i noticed 2 members had recoiless rifles, 1 had an mp40.. but 1 still had kar98 and 1 still had mp44. is this just what happens in this situation? i was hoping the 3 non-recoiless rifle having squad members would all get mp40s. i know, stupid pointless question.. but i'd like to get an answer. should i have upgraded 1st, then grabbed the 2 recoiless rifles? is that not possible after upgrade. lemme know. again, sorry if stupid question. thanx.

[GodlikeDennis]

You can't pick up more weapons after upgrading with MP40s because they take up all the weapon slots.

A volks squad has 5 weapon slots. RRs take up 2 each I guess. Therefore, you only have one left for an MP40. If you drop an RR, maybe you will get MP40s when you reinforce squad members (up to 3, then 5 if both RRs are lost). Btw the MP44 is a K98 in every way except appearance.

Also, this isn't a stupid question and is actually pretty interesting.

[TheDimLocator]

cool. thank you very much for responding. so RRs take up 2 slots each. so if my volks only picked up 1 RR, then i upgraded.. i might get 3 mp40s? (the other 2 slots taken up from the 1 RR).  i should try this out before asking anymore questions on here, i know. and thanx for the mp44 acting as a kar98 info as well.

[Pac-Fish]

Yeah MP40 takes up 1 slot and Volks ave only 5 slots. The same thing that happened with your RRs applys with every weapon. The more you pick up, the less MP40s you'll have.

BTW I read on wikipedia the MP44 does slightly better than a Kar98

[GodlikeDennis]

Nah it's a squad leader K98 (MP44) which is better than a volk K98 and weaker than a gren K98.