Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41 submachine guns. Contrary to German units which were not intended to fight a prolonged battle inside city streets and buildings, Soviet reinforcements that crossed the Volga to Stalingrad were specially equipped and trained (when possible) for urban warfare. As a result they never lacked weapons, as suggested by recent movies, but rather lacked munitions for them because of the uncertain flow of supplies. Most important, they had no less automatic weapons that their
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