There were multiple bolt action rifles used in World War 2 on all sides. There were also semi and full-auto rifles used on all sides.
The Garand rifle is a semiauto, not a bolt action. Do you have a Model 1903A3 bolt action? A Model 1917 bolt action?
Among the first, the Greener rifle was made in the 1860s.
Mauser M 98
Kar98k
IIRC, Winchester.
this is a bolt action rifle
It is a bolt action rifle.
The Greene rifle, a bolt action rifle that still used percussion caps and combustible cartridges. It was made during the US Civil War in 1863. It was of VERY limited service, but was the first.
German M98k
The bolt action rifle was invented by Scottish immigrant James Paris Lee.
The first anti-tank came out when the first tank was fielded, in WW1. It was a bolt action rifle.
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