World War 2 Firearms The standard rifle of the German infantry
soldier in World War 1. A shorter version, the K98k carbine, was
the German standard rifle in World War 2. The Carcano 6.5 mm was
the Italian standard rifle in World War 2. It is considered
inferior to its French, German, or Russian counterparts. In the
last days of World War 2, when everybody and everything was
pressed into service for Germany, secondary units like
Volkssturm (boys and old men) received that type of equipment.
According to the suspiciously superficial official investigation
report, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot with such a weapon.
Would somebody planning to assassinate a US president not spent
some extra dollars for a decent rifle? This find is a nice
symbol for the war and its best part – the end. Usually people
are most enthusiastic about a war in the very beginning. In
World War 2, in contrast to World War 1, the Germans were not
enthusiastic, not even at the beginning. Too fresh were the
memories of the horror of warfare.