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The Ross rifle is a straight-pull bolt action rifle chambered in .303 British that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. [1]The Ross Mk.II (or "model 1905") rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but the close chamber tolerances, lack of primary extraction and length made the Mk.III (or "1910") Ross rifle unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare ...
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun (German army main fire support weapon until superseded by the MG 42 because of ease of manufacture and high fire rate, still used after.) [261] [263] [264] [265] MG 42 General-purpose machine gun (Main fire support weapon of the German army after 1942-1943 after replacing MG 34) [261] [263] [266] [267]
Mk.III; Mk.III* Lee–Enfield No.4 United Kingdom: 1943 Bolt-action .303 British Mk.VII Mk.I; Mk.6* Primary service rifle. Pattern 1914 Enfield United Kingdom: 1914 Bolt-action.303 British Mk.VII For training and use by snipers. [2] M1917 Enfield United States: 1917 Bolt-action.30-06 Springfield: Limited domestic use. Ross Canada: 1910 Straight ...
The Germans accepted the gun as a substitute standard weapon, naming it the 7.65 mm MP722(f). They continued production of the gun for their own armed forces and supplied some to the Vichy French. Danuvia 39M/43M: Danuvia: 9×25mm Mauser Export: Wehrmacht: Some of this guns were delivered to the Wehrmacht in WW2. Orița M1941
Most straight-pull rifles have a striker firing mechanism (without a hammer), [citation needed] and models using a hammer usually have a comparably longer lock time than hammer-less mechanisms. The Anschütz Fortner action used in biathlon is a good example of an ergonomical straight-pull rifle with good economy of motion and high operating speed.
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
Pages in category "World War II rifles" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 35M rifle; C.
In 1916, the Canadian Expeditionary Force was desperately short of light machine guns. [2] Since the Ross rifle had finally been taken out of service, there were large numbers of surplus rifles. [citation needed] Joseph Alphonse Huot (1918) That year, Joseph Huot, an engineer from Richmond, Quebec, [3] adapted the Ross' straight-pull bolt action.