Several, including:
There are certainly others, as well.
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No. The first "assualt rifle" was created late in the war by the Germans. The British used bolt action rifles, carbines, submachine guns an light machine guns.
The MP 40s were submachine guns developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by tank crews, platoon and squad leaders, and other troops during World War II. The MP 40 submachine guns are open-bolt, blowback-operated automatic arms and fully automatic.
Germany produced the MP-18-1 which saw service among the WWI stormtroops.
In 1938 this submachine gun became popular with the U.S. Military, which they utilized during World War II. Today these guns are collected by many gun enthusiasts, and are worth between $25,000 and $40,400.
During World War II the United States used a couple different sub-machine guns such as the M3/A1 "Grease Gun", the infamous Thompson sub-machine gun the M50/55 Reising the M42 and the M2 "Hyde."
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.
Various marks of the Lee-Enfield rifle in .303 calibre. Some were issued with Owen Guns (Australian made and designed 9mm submachine gun) and Tommy Guns.
The main rifle used by the American forces was the 1906 Springfield 30-06.
It was a tragedy like no other. So many people died and everyone was involved. It will be the worst war ever known to man. Planes, submarines, and battleships were used. Many soldiers were equipped with revolutionary weapons such as submachine guns. It was one of the most large scale wars the world has ever seen.
WWI: Rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, pistols, machine pistols, revolvers, grenades, bombs, mines, flamethrowers, bayonets, swords, knives, spears, axes, clubs, crossbows, tanks, airplanes, zeppelins, gas, boats, ships, submarines... WWII: Rifles, assault rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, pistols, machine pistols, revolvers, grenades, bombs, mines, missiles, nuclear bombs, flamethrowers, bayonets, swords, knives, tanks, airplanes, boats, ships, submarines... So pretty much everything at hand. That's war.
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