M1/Enemy Opinion of the M1 Rifle

[Langenator]

Well, if you want to look at captured weapons being used by the opposing side, the weapon most highly thought of by the enemy was probably the SVT-40. Most accounts that I've read say that the SVT-40 was actually more popular with the Germans than with the Soviets. German troops were better at taking care of the rifles, so they worked better for them than they did for the Red Army.

Of course, I'm sure the Wehrmacht captured many, many more SVTs and 7.62x54R ammunition than they did M1s and .30-06.

 

[eclancy]

Gentlemen,
I was away from the computer on Sat.

Here is the answer to this quiz:

"The Germens tried unsuccessfully to put a semi-automatic weapon of comparable type and caliber into production." That would be the G 43.


This is odd but what Ordnance stated
Japan change their infantry rifle from a 6.5 the caliber at the beginning of the war to a 7.7 caliber and was equipping their troops with the larger caliber as rapidly as possible. Yes, they did make a copy of the M1 Garand, but only built about 200 of them and never put them into mass production.

Sites:
http://www.garandm1rifle.com
Email:
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More files on this are in the up coming Books
Thanks again for taking the time and effort to read and reply to this
Clancy
ps sorry but I have not read all the replys on the run for now