the best weapons used in WWII are, in my opinion, the; Russian Mosin-Nagant rifle US Thompson M1 submachine gun German Mauser Kar98k rifle German MP40 submachine gun
this is a called a triger action, shot gun.
Winchester
The German 88mm
a gun called the 50 cowl sniper rifle
Susie (at least in the German version of the show, that is what his gun was called...)
Try the library, gun shops, book stores
"Rifle" in German is Gewehr
He called his rifle Ole Betsy.
British: Lee-Enfield Bolt-Action rifle, Sten Sub-Machine Gun, Bren Light Machine gun, Vickers .303 Machine gun. American: M1 Garand Semi-automatic rifle, M1903 Springfield Bolt-action Rifle, Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle), M1897 Trenchgun shotgun, M1919 .30 Caliber Light Machine gun, .50 Caliber M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun, Bazooka. German: Karabiner 98K Bolt-action rifle, Gehrwehr 43 Semi-Automatic rifle, STG44 Assault rifle, FG42 Battle rifle, MP40 Sub-Machine gun, MG34 Medium Machine gun, MG42 Medium Machine Gun, Panzershreck. (I may have missed a few. Sorry.)
A Rifle, also called The Blackinator.
The Thompson is classified as a submachine gun because it fires a pistol cartridge (.45mm) not a rifle cartridge. Another example would be the German MP-40 which used a 9mm cartridge or the M3 "Grease Gun" which fired either .45 or 9mm.