>>519172258
Despite somebody suggesting that this get moved to /k/, the topic is quite valid. The Canadian Expeditionary Force in The Great War adopted the Ross rife. It was a fucking horror. It was so bad that when Canadians finally got the Lee-Enfield they were reported to have thrown the Ross rifle at the Krauts in the hopes that Jerry would use them. Pure politics, from what I know the only reason why the Ross rifle was adopted was because of politics. It might have been OK as a hunting rifle when out with your buddies but as a field rifle it sucked ass. I suppose that I could go and look all this up because I am on the internet but I am using my pre-internet brain that served me well for all these years. Any corrections to my claims will be met with gratitude.