During the First World War, the soldiers of all the belligerent nations carried rifles that were designed for accurate long-range fire. Germany had its Mauser; France its Lebel; Britain its Lee-Enfield; Russia its Mosin-Nagant; and the United States its Springfield. These weapons in general performed adequately for what they were designed to do.
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