springfield 1903 rifle........30/06 caliber
The standard infantry rifle was the same one as in WWI, the Short Model Lee-Enfield Rifle, in .303 caliber. The Sten submachine gun, the Bren light machine gun.
Rifleman - basically, your bog-standard infantry
yes the standard infantry in Europe medals
Standard infantry rifles did not, but there were scoped rifles used for sniping during WWI.
The same as their standard infantry counterparts. They just had medic emblems on their arms or helmets. They also did NOT carry a gun.
NO! The regular Infantry soldiers from 40th Division, 185th Infantry,E Company were given M.P.Helmets, M.P. Arm Bands and 45 caliber revolvers and they worked with Taegu,Korea Police. That was on Sept. 8 or 15 of 1945 as an advance occupation force.
No. The standard British infantry rifle was the Lee-Enfield in .303 caliber in both world wars. During WWI several million of these were produced for Britain by US civilian firearms manufacturers, in .303. When the US got into WWI they still had the dies and machinery, and produced millions for the US, after slight adjustments, in the standard us caliber .30 (".30-06") so they took the same ammunition as the 1903 Springfield. More WWI troops had one of these "American Enfields" than had a Springfield. The British never used the 1903 Springfield, other than perhaps a few here and there on an individual basis.
world class caliber
Yes, mostly if the Private was in the infantry, or in a speciality that supported the infantry.
Infantry soldiers were like the men who walked around on the ground with guns
The Minie ball made great changes in military tactics- it greatly extended the range, accuracy and power of the standard infantry rifle, and increased the rate of fire.
No