Yes, that's true but its also important to remember that the Ge-41 was a pretty rare weapon at this time (1942) and did not see widespread usage or production until 1943 & 1944, it was only officially adopted as a limited standard weapon at the end of 1942. A total of 6,673 of "self loading rifles" were delivered to the Wehrmacht by January of 1942 (a mix of both Mauser and Walther designs), of these apparently very few (some sources adamantly state none until mid '43) made it to the front-lines during this time which basically forced the German forces to make use of the vast quantities of captured Soviet weapons such as the SVT rifle designs.Falkenhorst said:
