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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
It's worth noting that besides the American M1, virtually everyone else where using bolt action rifles. And the M1, although semi-automatic, had a bit of a serious drawback - that pesky "ping" announcing to the world it was empty.
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Considering the ranges most firefights took place - and the general din of battle- the M1 was by far better in practical application than any other prolific stsndard issue rifle of the war. The clink at the end of the mag sounds like a possible drawback to alert your enemy that you are empty - as I imagine the frantic swearing of a bolt rifle fireing grunt would be when he runs out..
just my opinion of course