Best Rifle of World War 2?

There was a poll on best SMG of World War II, so I thought there should've been one on rifles.

For me, the M1 Garand :P. It could fire as fast as the soldier can pull the trigger.

Last edited July 12, 2010 at 1:54 AM by blackbishop

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.

Last edited July 12, 2010 at 2:00 AM by Seeme

Agreed, M1.

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.)?

Last edited July 12, 2010 at 5:19 AM by Werwolf

semi-auto:Gewehr 43

bolt-action: Kar98k

the enfield cause it served so many nations well

M1 garand for sure
'The rifle that won the war'

I can tell some people is takeing stuff out of Call of Duty...

maxi1991 wrote:
semi-auto:Gewehr 43

bolt-action: Kar98k

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Werwolf wrote:
...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.

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..

SK8ERatWAR wrote:
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.

Finally, people Agree with me ;D

HyperSniper999 wrote:

Werwolf wrote:
...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

Last edited July 13, 2010 at 7:25 AM by Newbie.

Newbie. wrote:

HyperSniper999 wrote:

Werwolf wrote:
...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

technically, the BAR was supposed to be designed as an assault rifle, but was deployed more often as a squad LMG much like the FG42. so in a sense, it served various roles ;)

I voted for SVT-40...that design was so good that even germans had to copy it...the Gewehr 43 is derived from it.

But as for bolt-action rifles i would vote Kar-98...it was almost half century old and still performed very well, even compared to semi-automatic rifles.

Paciat wrote:

SK8ERatWAR wrote:
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.

I quoted it.. ofcourse i don't think they won just because of a rifle.

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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.

The Germans use of small squad tactics set them apart and allowed them to do very well. They're use of highly experienced NCOs and Sergents allowed the small squad operations to be very successful when well supported like any other army.

I wonder if anyone will pick "Hunting rifles"

The enfield british rifle use smoke less recoil . . .
So for the sniping duty its the best gear . . .

yes the BAR is a LMG but the name is Browning automatic rifle that two last words saying its like assault rifle... :P

There are two types of rifles(three including sniper)

1. Assault Rifles : semi auto, fast firing like the m1 carbine and the m1 garand

2. Long range firing rifles : typically bolt action like the k98, mosin nagant, lee enfield etc


The first one was used for short range closing on purposes and the latter for shooting from distance ( the assault rifles can be used at range but are in accurate and the bolt action cannot be used for assault purposes)

and mind you when i say shooting at range i do not count the sniper rifles , cuz the sbniper rifles had a far better range than bolt action, here are the accuracy stats

assault rifles - 200-300 m

bolt action - 700-800 m


sniper - 1000 - 2000 m

So here are my picks

assault - svt 40

bolt action - k98

sniper - lee enfield sniper

semi auto : G43 , its a semi auto sniper soo what else can I say?
bolt action : Kar98 ,its efficient and accurate.