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The only thing I may dispute a tad Twitch is if the US army had the Garand yet the standard issue for the German Japanese army was bolt action weapons on your assumption the Germans and Japanese forces should have been swept a side with the superiour fire power of the Garand equipped US forces.
I'll tell you the correct spellings are; M1 Garand, Mosin Nagant, Gewehr (or Kar) 43.
My favourite rifles of WW2 are the Stg/MP44/43/42 and the Fedorov Avtomat, but in the ones you've put, I'd go for either the Lee-Enfield or the G43.
not with the Garand, the garand could not be "topped off" you had to expend the entire magazine before the clip ejected, there was no mag release locate in front of the trigger gaurd like the SMLEThere is a magazine eject catch on the Garand too hussars
In cold weather though, the M1/M2 Carbine's poor penetrative power is near useless against thick clothing.
No they dont, I can tell you simply because I have fired a Lee Enfeild, anyone who joins the cadets in canada or britain will get a chance to, I can tell you though it has nice smooth action in the bolt, you wont fire faster than a guy with a gas operated semi automatic rifle with a bolt action im sorry it just doesnt happen.A point people forget is that the average Lee Enfield equiped infantryman had a higher RoF than one with a Garand.
trackend said:The current world record for aimed bolt action fire was set in 1914 with a SMLE, 38 rounds into a 12" target at 300 yards in one minute. Still not bad for a BA rifle
A good rate of fire for well drilled troops was in the range of around 20 aimed RPM. My old man confirmed this figure although he started as a youngster in the home guard with a Ross, but was issued with a SMLE after he joined up. That said he preferred having his old Lewis gun fired up with its ability to pump out nearly 700 RPM which did tend to be a little more effective at keeping the Jerrys heads down.
No they dont, I can tell you simply because I have fired a Lee Enfeild, anyone who joins the cadets in canada or britain will get a chance to
38 rounds into a 12" target at 300 yards in one minute. Still not bad for a BA rifle
The Garand went in the direction it logically should have like the Gewehr with a detachable box mag when it became the M-14.
I do like the K98 though. It is a fun rifle to shoot and very accurate. As for bolt action weapons the K98 to me is the best.
IIRC the Garand does have a magazine drop out and the clip can be filled whilst in the rifle.