A famous Canadian 5 round rifle equipped with a “Warner & Swasey Model 1913” telescopic sight.
Thanks to the telescopic sight mounted on the left side of the receiver, the magazine can be loaded with stripper clips while still allowing the use of the iron sights.
I actually think this would be a great secondary BR II option to a Australian No. 1 sniper rifle in the tech tree. Mostly because Sniper squads, both tech tree and event/premiums, are very underperforming, and letting this magnificent rifle suffer because it’s locked inside of a poor squad would be quite unfortunate…
Which is why I massively prefer this as a unique squad weapon.
I should also note that a Turner SMLE with a 20-round Lee-Enfield trench magazine could be another option.
And, my personal favourite, re-release the current Turner SMLE rifle, as is, but with a Canadian Radioman squad - as it always should have been. Just now with access to Rocket Artillery as well.
Ad‑ding Italian troops is certainly a good thing. They formed an important component within British‑led forces.
Quite often though, Italian units were used as bait and expendable assets by the British. To avoid taking heavy losses themselves, British forces would send Italian troops to probe the enemy.
Italy fielded large, capable armies. It would make sense to add a dedicated tech‑tree and set of units for Italian forces on the Allied side. This could also lay groundwork for a future standalone British tech‑tree
There are clear distinctions between Italian and German forces. Simply giving British units reskinned Italian gear would feel rather underwhelming.
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