Was ironically enough to go through the sovecticus army like a knife through the butter
What kind of retard would start ww2 with a gun from ww1?
Why didn’t they just get free M16’s from uncle sam like we do?
But it's not. The k98k was a carbine version of the gewehr 98. It was technically adopted because the treaty of Versailles did not put the same limits on carbines as it did on full rifles. It turned out carbines were more wieldy, perfectly satisfactory at normal ranges, and became widely adopted
The British were fighting with a decades-old rifle, as were the Russians
You're a fan?
poland
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Most countries did
The only major combatant who fielded a rifle in large numbers, that was not just an updated version of a pre-WW1 rifle, were the Americans. And even they fielded significant numbers of updated 1903s
>it was enough
until it wasn’t
I still carry a 1911 because it’s a fine weapon.
We’re all hoping some day that you’ll use them on yourselves.