The M1903 Springfield is a bolt-action service rifle adopted by the United States Army in 1903, produced at the government's own Springfield Armory and built around a controlled-feed bolt action closely derived from the Mauser rifle design, closely enough that the United States government later paid Mauser's manufacturer a licensing settlement over the similarity. It served as the standard American infantry rifle through the First World War, chambered in the .30-06 Springfield cartridge that itself became a long-lived standard American military round, and though the semi-automatic M1 Garand replaced it as the US Army's primary infantry rifle beginning in the later 1930s, the M1903 remained in extensive American service through the Second World War in secondary roles including as a grenade-launching platform and, fitted with a telescopic sight, as a standard American sniper rifle. Its accuracy and reliable action kept variants of the design in specialized military and competitive marksmanship use for decades after it ceased to be a front-line infantry weapon.
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Why did the United States replace the Krag-Jorgensen rifle with the M1903?
The Krag-Jorgensen was outclassed by Spanish Mausers in 1898, so the Army adopted a Mauser-based design.
Before the M1903, the United States Army used the Norwegian-designed Krag-Jorgensen rifle, chosen after 1892 trials between 53 competing designs and built at Springfield Armory. In the Spanish-American War of 1898 the Krag was judged outclassed by the charger-loaded Model 1893 Spanish Mauser rifles used by the enemy. That led the Ordnance Department to search for a new service rifle, and the United States then adopted the Mauser system under license from Germany, which produced the M1903.
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WikipediaLead section, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield
The M1903 Springfield, officially the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is an American five-round, non-removable, staggered-row box magazine-fed, bolt-action, repeating service rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.
Adoption section, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield
officially adopted by the United States as the standard infantry rifle on 19 June 1903
service status
It also was used as a sniper rifle during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
caliber:30-06-springfield
It served as the standard American infantry rifle through the First World War, chambered in the .30-06 Springfield cartridge that itself became a long-lived standard American military round, and though the semi-automatic M1 Garand replaced it as the US Army's primary infantry rifle beginning in the later 1930s, the M1903 remained in extensive American service through the Second World War in secondary roles including as a grenade-launching platform and, fitted with a telescopic sight, as a standard American sniper rifle
Infobox: service
1903-1936 (as the standard U.S. service rifle), 1936-1970s (as a U.S. Army sniper rifle)
- Used In: Philippine-American War, infobox wars field: 'Philippine-American War'
- Used In: Mexican Revolution, infobox wars field: 'Mexican Revolution'
- Used In: World War I, infobox wars field: 'World War I'
- Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
- Used In: First Indochina War, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'
- Used In: Chinese Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Chinese Civil War'
- Used In: Korean War, infobox wars field: 'Korean War'
- Used In: Laotian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Laotian Civil War'
- Used In: Cambodian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Cambodian Civil War'
Operated By: United States Marine Corps, Article text
From its adoption in 1943 until the end of the war the M1903A4 was used extensively in every theater of operation by both the US Army and the USMC.
Operated By: United States Army, Article text
From its adoption in 1943 until the end of the war the M1903A4 was used extensively in every theater of operation by both the US Army and the USMC.
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