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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Battle Rifles of World War Two: Overview
Today we are going to take a look at the three main battle rifles of World War Two - the M1 Garand, the SVT-40, and the Gewehr 43. We will also consider the SVT-38, Gewehr 41(W), and Gewehr 41(M). The United States, Soviet Union, and Germany were the three countries that fielded large numbers of semiautomatic full-power rifles in combat in WW2; how did they differ in their approaches to infantry firepower?
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ReplyDeleteThe three "main" battle rifles! C'mon mate,I know you've focussed on the Lee Enfield SMLE before;bolt action and arguably the best all round rifle in both world wars.Maybe specify semi auto or others. Love your work ,man.
ReplyDeleteV-R has a point, it was indeed a bolt gun war except for the United States. Compared to bolt guns, semi-auto production was minor by all the participants except for the United States, who made something short of 4 million M1 rifles and 6 million M1 Carbines. Even then, 03A3 production was somewhat over a million rifles with huge numbers of M1903 and M1917 rifles used and/or provided to allies. That situation even continued on into Korea with the UK forces not adopting a semi-auto until well into the 50's.
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