the 30-06
the 30-06 was a revolutionary round it as and ideal round for sniping because the bow-tail design was a breakthrough in bullet aerodynamics which allowed the round to go faster and farther and pack a bigger punch.
things to remember
we diddent have enough guns to fight so we borrowed alot of weapons from our allies the french and british
1903 Springfield
the 1903 Springfield was widely used in basic training but the 1903a3 was used as a sniper rifle early in the war in was also used as a rifleman's weapon early in the war because we were not stocked to fight a war even the the m1 garand came out in 1936 we diddent have enough to fight a world war the later models like the 1903 a4 or 1903a5 were used as snipers from WW2 all the way int Vietnam. it was a 30-06 round
1917 Enfield
the 1917 Enfield was a british made weapon used by the us in ww1 because we diddent have enough springfields to fight because of wilsons too proud to fight which had us sit by until 1917. while the Springfield was our standard service rifle this was more common to see because we diddent have enough Springfield's to go around. it shot a 30-06
chauchat prounced (show-shat)
the chauchat was a borrowed gun from the french because we diddent have enough machine guns to keep up with the axis forces it was junk it diddent fire well with the mud of the trenches in its magizine. its magazine was open on one side exposing it shot an 8.5 mm labelle bullet
Lewis Gun
the Lewis gun was one of the machine guns we had to fight with. it served in WW2 and was used by British forces in WW1 and WW2
1897 Trench Gun
This shotgun was used in WW1-Korea and was in WW2 more common in the pacific. It shot a 12 gauge primarily but was seen in a 10 gauge
1911 Pistol
the standard side arm for officers, NCO's, and heavy weapons and some radio ops in WW2 in WW1 it served as the main weapon for officers of the rank of captain or above
Colt 1895 Machine Gun (potato digger)
nick named the potato digger because of the recoil lever in the front of the which would flap up and down when firing and kick up loos dirt
