Correct, They could get the scopes in the field (ZF4 or ZF41) but it is doubdfull they could get the scope mounts for the weapon.
According to army tests the MP 43 was good for sniping upto 600m, but according to airforce tests that was only 300 meters and thus optics where deemed not necessary. (please note that the army made this series of weapons, but the airforce tested them also to see if it was better then the FG42, it was not so they did not adopt it at that time)
Snoox, is it funny that you point out one of the positive points according to official airforce tests as a negative one. I will quote a book for this one.
Turned out to be a funny discussion anyway.
Now if you reread what i wrote, it says nothing about support, singleshot or auto.
What it Does say, that its dreadfull.
I and many more have a hard time getting a good sight picture, you dont get good cover while proning, its uncomfortable. It truly is what it is, an assault rifle. Not really designed for proning.
And how many times havnt such tests said this and that, and the users in the field dont agree even the bit?
Now i am not saying "everybody hates that long mag", but such a statement is user based and cannot be argumented against with some test notes
Either the users of the short mag didnt like the longer ones, or they made them shorter for practical reasons. Who knows?