October, 2024

Type 97

Japanese Empire
Second World War
Made by Kokura in c.1939
6.5x50mm

World War II, United Kingdom, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, .303, 1943, Birmingham Small Arms Company, Lee Enfield, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske World War II, United Kingdom, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, .303, 1943, Birmingham Small Arms Company, Lee Enfield, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske

Lee Enfield #4 Mk1

As the Second World War loomed, a need to update the venerable Lee Enfield rifle in British service saw the design modernized into the new #4 Rifle, with a series of improvements on the same core principals.

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World War II, United States of America, Short Rifles, Semi-Automatic, .30-06, 1943, Springfield Armory, Garand Pattern Rifle, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske World War II, United States of America, Short Rifles, Semi-Automatic, .30-06, 1943, Springfield Armory, Garand Pattern Rifle, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske

M1 Garand

The iconic standard issue rifle of the United States during the Second World War, famously deemed by no less a figure than General George Patton as “The Greatest Implement of Battle Ever Devised”.

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World War II, French Third Republic, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.5x54mm, 1940, MAS, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske World War II, French Third Republic, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.5x54mm, 1940, MAS, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske

MAS36

The French MAS36 was intended as a stopgap until a suitable semi-automatic rifle could be developed, but this was not to be. The Fall of France in 1940 led to it being the final rifle adopted by the Third Republic, as well as the last bolt action rifle standardized by a major power.

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World War II, Japanese Empire, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.7x58mm, 1941, Nagoya Arsenal, Arisaka, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske World War II, Japanese Empire, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.7x58mm, 1941, Nagoya Arsenal, Arisaka, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske

Type 99 Arisaka

The Japanese Type 99 rifle was intended to replace the Type 38 as the standard issue weapon to the Imperial Japanese Military during World War Two, but was never able to supplant its older brother.

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