With a catch that it was never field but whatever with this the time waiting for AR engi can be reduce since the only faction that still wont have it is Japan. Unless you use the Tokyo Arsenal of course but then again that not my problem.
Burton 1917 Light Machine Rifle
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The Bendix-Hyde Carbine
The Bendix Aviation Corporation submitted this rifle, designed by Mr. George Hyde, to the trials. It was a gas-operated design, and the only entry to use a pistol grip. Dimensions were 33.6 inches long with a 15.75 inch barrel and a weight of 5.3 pounds, including sling and 5-round magazine.
The gun went through trial well, with excellent performance in dusty conditions, excellent accuracy, light recoil, and simple disassembly and maintenance. The committee recommended that it be modified with a stronger recoil spring and mechanism to allow the bolt handle to be used to force the bolt closed (the original design could only pull the bolt open). It was also recommended that the stock be changed.(It is a select fire rifle so yeah it fires full-automatic only first model though the second model ditched that idea also it can accept 5, 10, 15, or 20-round detachable box magazines)
This and
Garand Model 1919
The Garand Model 1919 is a prototype semi-automatic rifle/light machine gun. The weapon was used during the development of the M1 Garand.(20 to 30 round ) (450 to 600 rpm)
BURTON LMR
The Burton Light Machine Rifle , also known as the Winchester 1917 , was an early assault rifle developed by Frank Burton in 1917. It was intended to utilize incendiary ammunition for its role as an aircraft observer’s weapon against balloons. The weapon became obsolete before it could be introduced as Vickers machine guns were already being fit to aircraft at the time of its completion. Only one weapon was ever produced and now sits in the Cody Firearms Museum in Wyoming
(2*20 round mag)
Hyde M1944
The Hyde M1944 was an attempt by George Hyde to manufacture a light rifle for the US Armed Forces. The M1944 Hyde Carbine was more reliable and accurate than the M1 Carbine that was adopted. It also had the capability of select fire, which made it very similar to a StG-44.(30 round )( 600 to 1200 rpm)
Lewis Assault Phase Rifle
The Lewis Assault Phase Rifle is an experimental variant of the Lewis Gun that was a competitor for the M1918 BAR. It uses a conventional box magazine and fire selector and is chambered in .30-06, but otherwise is very similar to the British Lewis gun.
There are two variants of this rifle MK2 which is the photo shown above is this variant and MK3 which is the photo under this
Huot Automatic Rifle
The Huot Automatic Rifle is a Canadian light machine gun that was developed by Joseph Huot in 1916 during World War I. It is an automatic conversion of the Canadian Ross straight-pull bolt action rifle. The war ended before the weapon entered service into the Canadian Army and only four are confirmed to have been built.
Historically, the Canadians had a severe lack of automatic weapons. To solve this, Joseph Huot ingeniously converted the retired Ross rifle to fire fully automatically.BTW forgotten weapons has a video about this weapon
Rieder Automatic Rifle
The Rieder Automatic Rifle was a conversion of the Lee-Enfield into an automatic rifle. It was designed by South African Henry J. Rieder.
The Rieder rifle was designed by Cape Town resident Mr. Henry J. Rieder, who worked mainly with televisions and radios but experimented with firearms when the war broke out. From 1940 - 1941, Rieder converted 18 SMLE rifles into automatic rifles. These were first brought to the attention of the British Ordnance Board by Dr. Van der Bijl, the South African Director General of War Supplies, recommended them as a means of converting existing Lee-Enfield rifles in the possession of the British Army into light machine guns.
these all could be added to Allies as AR for Japan the only thing I can think of as AR is SIG KE-7 with either 25 or 50 round mag
(50 round)
And
Normal 25 round
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nice i also found a 50 BMG AT rifle for America should be fun to have as a GO imo
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