fucking braindead morons the individual weapons soldiers carry don't affect the outcome of the war as long as both sides are armed with rifles capable of roughly the same performance. aka both work reliable enough both offer a similar firepower (mag size and fire rate) both are in a similar caliber (preferable intermediate cartridge) so the soldiers can carry more ammo. during ww2 mainly the japanese were mostly armed with bolt action rifles while the americans used mostly m1 garands semiautomatic rifles. this certainly gave the americans a edge in firepower but even that isn't enough to decide which side wins the war. most casualties of war aren't even related to small arms fire. most soldiers get killed by artillery and other explosive weapons like grenades and since the ukraine conflict drones. riflemans main role is to suppress the enemy. most of the shots taken at the enemy miss. the individual soldier will probably not even kill a single enemy soldier during the entire engagement. because it's hard to hit stuff under that kind of stress. like i said the main purpose is suppressive fire. what's more important to determine which side will win in a war is the availability of man power machines logistics and in a lot of instances just luck. which side can outsmart outperform the other. the service rifle only plays a tiny role in this complex system. pic not related it's just cool
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