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3 Bolt-action rifles. 4 Semi-automatic rifles. 5 Submachine guns. 6 Light machine guns. 7 See also. 8 References. ... Specifications for World War II infantry weapons.
Standard rifle: Second-line: Bolt-Action United States: Springfield Armory.30-40 Krag: 1892 3.82 Winchester Model 1895: Standard rifle: Front-line: Lever action United States: Winchester, Browning Arms.30-06 Springfield: 1895 4.2 Winchester Model 70 sniper rifle: Sniper rifle: Long-Range Precision: Bolt-action United States: Winchester, U.S ...
It was a training rifle and saw no action. After World War II most were dumped into the ocean and surviving pieces are rare. M1903 with "scant" stock (1942): in late 1941, before the M1903A3 was standardized, Army ordnance wanted to standardize on a pistol-grip stock for all M1903 rifles. There were thousands of stock blanks that had been sized ...
Lebel M1886/93 (Remained in use until the end of World War II. Mainly used by reservists and for launching VB grenades and as sniper rifle) [ 192 ] [ 193 ] [ 194 ] [ 183 ] MAS-36 (Adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles) [ 195 ]
Bolt action sniper rifle United States: M1 Garand.30-06 Springfield Semi-automatic rifle United States: Used by all branches of the US military M1917 Enfield.30-06 Springfield Bolt action United States: Krag–Jørgensen.30-40 Krag: Bolt-Action United States: M1941 Johnson rifle.30-06 Springfield: Semi-automatic rifle United States: M1 carbine ...
During the buildup prior to World War II, the military bolt-action rifle began to be superseded by semi-automatic rifles and later fully automatic rifles, though bolt-action rifles remained the primary weapon of most of the combatants for the duration of the war; and many American units, especially the USMC, used bolt-action M1903 Springfield ...
Bolt-action rifle / Sniper rifle (with 3.5× PU scope attached) 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 5-round internal magazine. Most widely used bolt-action rifle by the Red Army. Mosin–Nagant M1938 Carbine: Bolt-action rifle: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 5-round internal magazine. Mosin–Nagant M1944 Carbine: Bolt-action rifle: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union
The Mauser action was further refined in 1898 with the version that was adopted in Germany as the Gewehr 98, [20] which proved to be the most influential of all bolt-action rifles of its time, leading to various military rifles like the German Karabiner 98k, Czech vz. 24, and the Yugoslav M24 series. The Mauser M98 action is still copied in ...