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To be fair, weren't shotguns primarily intended to be used as hunting weapons?
Yep! In fact, the Germans had a long tradition of making fantastic single-shot, and double and triple ( 'drilling' ) barrel shotguns for hunting, even using them during WW1 - to hunt behind the front lines and supplement the food supply.
But it was the (relatively) lightweight and fast-firing tube-fed pump-action shotguns that the Americans brought over in large numbers that were truly useful in a military context.
Yep, kraut hunting.
Yes, and...?