Axis Action
Why did the Axis powers use bolt action-rifles and America didn't?
Do bolt-action rifles have an advantage or semi-auto rifles?
I can't say for sure about the Italians, but the main reason that the average German Infantry soldier was armed with a bolt action rifle was because of Hitler. In WWI, he was a lowly corporal, armed with a Mauser '98. When he became dictator, some things about him he couldn't be persuaded to change on. To him, if it was good enough for him back then, it was good enough for the soldier when he was leading. His generals wanted to develop and field a semi-auto. So the German military was stuck with the '98. Although they did shorten the stock and barrel, which is why the WWII variation was called the '98K (for Kurtz, or "short"--a carbine). It's true that typically, a mass produced rifle will shooter tighter groups with a bolt action than with a semi-auto (or even full auto) but I'd like to point out to people that the M1 Garand and M1A was modified into sniper roles. Our M-16 series rifle is commonly modified into varmint and sniper weapons both by civilians (and now) the military.
Hitler didn't limit himself to resisting just a semi-auto rifle. He also had very strong ideas concerning shotguns (he was terrified of them when he served in WWI, therefore lobbied repeatedly to get them banned during WWII and never used gas on enemy soldiers; although his atrocities with the death camps shows how little respect he had for human life). Hitler's decisions hindered his military in many ways, such as using the first, mass produced, jet aircraft for bombing instead of aireal interception like it was designed for. The Japanese spent most of their resources on ships and planes. The common belief was that the individual soldier wasn't as important. Better to have 20 soldiers armed with crappy bolt actions than 1 soldier armed with a semi-auto. They were fighting their war 40 years out of date when it came to infantry. As far as the Italians, I can't say for sure, unless it was just because Mussalini followed step with the Germans.
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