And yet they still relied on bolt-action KARs, whereas America was issuing M1 Garands that put the fire rate of an 8-man Wehrmacht squad into the hands of every single American infantryman. That's one part of the Nazi war machine that has always mystified me.
Hitler constantly meddled in armaments production, wanting to use the me262 as a bomber and putting the stg44 on the back burner for example.