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Offline HyperSniper999

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Best Rifle of World War 2?
« on: July 12, 2010, 03:41:51 AM »
There was a poll on best SMG of World War II, so I thought there should've been one on rifles.
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 03:51:16 AM »
For me, the M1 Garand :P. It could fire as fast as the soldier can pull the trigger.
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 03:54:15 AM »
M1, am not an expert on this stuff, but it was semi-auto, very accute, fast reload, and easiley produced.
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Also it wasnt very heavy for its size.
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 05:34:29 AM »
Agreed, M1.
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2010, 07:09:56 AM »
M1 Garand, for all the reasons listed above. We drilled repeatedly with this thing...it's ridiculously easy to field-strip and assemble, plus it's weight is evenly balanced (although pretty heavy). Recoil can be quite a bitch if you aren't used to handling rifles of its size though.

2nd choice? the Kar98k, because of its reliability as a bolt-action rifle, excellent range/accuracy, and the pure stopping power of its 7.92x57mm IS round. The Swedes even had a variant (M40) which used the extremely powerful 8x63mm M32 round.

...why isn't the Steyr Mannlicher Repetierstutzen M95/30 (M1895) in here? Also the assault rifles (BAR, StG44, etc.)?
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2010, 08:05:04 AM »
semi-auto:Gewehr 43

bolt-action: Kar98k
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2010, 01:55:50 PM »
the enfield cause it served so many nations well
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2010, 03:33:17 PM »
M1 garand for sure
'The rifle that won the war'
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2010, 05:47:41 PM »
I can tell some people is takeing stuff out of Call of Duty...
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2010, 06:11:39 PM »
Quote from: maxi1991 on July 12, 2010, 08:05:04 AM
semi-auto:Gewehr 43

bolt-action: Kar98k

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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2010, 06:20:31 PM »
Quote from: Werwolf on July 12, 2010, 07:09:56 AM
...why isn't the Steyr Mannlicher Repetierstutzen M95/30 (M1895) in here? Also the assault rifles (BAR, StG44, etc.)?
Which one's that?
And I only counted "traditional" rifles, so BAR and StG don't count.
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2010, 11:02:10 PM »
Yeah as far as traditional rifles go M1 par none was the best of WW2

Most enduring would go to the mosin nagant, still seemed insane that it could be more accurate than the Kar98ks and were even better scoped and design too..
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2010, 11:45:31 PM »
Quote from: SK8ERatWAR on July 12, 2010, 03:33:17 PM
M1 garand for sure
'The rifle that won the war'
It was low level squad communication that won the war for US.
If COH was more historically the US should be the only fraction that can call in arti without officers. You dont see volks or grens carrying a squad radio.

But M1 was the best rifle of WWII.
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2010, 11:49:31 PM »
Finally, people Agree with me ;D
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Re: Best Rifle of World War 2?
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2010, 09:23:48 AM »
Quote from: HyperSniper999 on July 12, 2010, 06:20:31 PM
Quote from: Werwolf on July 12, 2010, 07:09:56 AM
...why isn't the Steyr Mannlicher Repetierstutzen M95/30 (M1895) in here? Also the assault rifles (BAR, StG44, etc.)?
Which one's that?
And I only counted "traditional" rifles, so BAR and StG don't count.

Austria-Hungary, used by axis minor states & Germany in WW2. Also, isn't the BAR a Light-machine gun? :P
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