Blitzkrieg German Support Group (HQ, Mortar & MMG)German officers were capable and often experienced leaders. Junior officers were trained to undertake the role of their own immediate superiors, enabling them to use their initiative to take control of situations when necessary. Blitzkrieg Medium Machine Gun Team The Germans were equipped with two excellent machine guns in the MG34 and rapid firing MG42 known to Allied troops as Hitlers Buzz Saw because of its distinctive noise, or Spandau. Unlike