Posted on 08/16/2022 7:30:40 PM PDT by artichokegrower
5 Best Guns of World War II: Literally tens of millions of firearms were produced during the Second World War. Some of the designs performed better than others, while a mere few stood out as masterpieces. Of those, five truly were the best of the best
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M1 had has a lot of horsepower
The Garand will be the last actual battle rifle you will be permitted to possess in the United States.
I’m in the process of collecting all the primary battle rifles from WWII. But I’m on a restricted budget so it’s slow going. I’ve got a mosin and a Lee-Enfield
number IV MK1. I’ve also got a tokarev pistol.
CC
Me too. So far M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, 1903A3, Mauser 98K and Remington 1911.
You gotta love old Ma Deuce.
Took me forever to find an Enfield at a decent price. Late last year a massive cache from Ethiopia came into the country. $400 from Classic Firearms. It’s a fixer-upper to be sure, but the potential is there.
CC
The Mosin Nagant Model 1891 over the German Kar98k? Really? That’s where I stopped reading.
I bought 5 Mosin Nagants for $79 each Black Friday 2015. That rifle killed a heck of a lot of Nazis.
Gotta read the article:
“This entry might seem controversial as the German Kar98K and the British Lee Enfield were far more refined. However, the Mosin Nagant was a rifle that was well-suited to an ill-educated army of conscripted peasants and factory workers. It could be dragged through the mud, it functioned in the extreme cold and the rifle was reasonably accurate. Due to its 7.62x54mmR cartridge, it had a serious kick but also serious stopping power”
He forgot to mention pistols. Since I happen to be a collector of WWII military sidearms among other areas of interest, I’ll go ahead and say the Browning High Power was definitely the best pistol of WWII.
The Germans gobbled up all that the FN factory in Belgium could produce and loved them. Before the war the Belgians were worried about a potential invasion so they sent the plans for it over to the Inglis factory in Canada. There was a contract for Inglis to supply the Chinese but once Canada got into the war, all the pistols Inglis could produce were commandeered for the Canadian military. Which meant the Browning High Power was the one pistol that was widely used by both sides in the war.
The best Gun was the US M101A1 Howitzer.
The best personal weapon was mayhaps be the M1, but, the BAR probably gave it a good run for the money.
A rather poor list. A Mosin Nagant better than a Lee Enfield? Better than a 98k?
And the PPSh best submachine gun?
And all these people lavishing over the Stg-44 have probably never handled one. That clunker has never heard the word ergonomic, weighs 10 and a half pounds EMPTY and literally has a slab of flat wood for a stock.
The M1 Carbine was far better than either of those two clunkers.
And sounds like nobody has ever heard of a Nambu machine gun. That thing was sheer hell on our guys.
Swing and a miss.
Lee Enfield and K98 literally could not be more simple, both were utterly reliable and saw a lot of mud. Both were used by the uneducated.
In Afghanistan it was widely used by muhajadeen.
Mine is a 1943 Izhevsk. Looks like it was put together by a team of trained chimpanzees. Shoots great though!
CC
I was in a shooting jacket with a padded shoulder and I had ear plugs.
I was only able to get off two rounds.
The kick from that thing almost knocked me over. And the noise. My shoulder was bit sore later on.
The BAR would be in the best (perhaps only) squad automatic weapon category.
And the M1911 would be the best pistol because it remained as the service sidearm for more than 75 years.
I find the M1 easy to shoot and the recoil not that bad.
The M101A1 over the German 88?
Not looking for a fight; tell me more.
What about the Bren LMG?
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