The first purposely-designed infantry anti-tank rifle was designed by Germany.

The Type 99 was the first mass-produced infantry rifle to have a chrome lined bore to ease cleaning.

Even though it could not carry many bullets in its magazine, it was still better than the usual infantry rifle.

The first attempt at boosting the power of German infantry rifles was the "reversed bullet".

Stalin had a great interest in semi-automatic infantry rifles, and in 1935 a design competition was held.

Following the standard practice of the time, it was adapted from an existing infantry rifle.

Although the M1 was among the most advanced infantry rifles of the late 1930s, it was not a perfect weapon.

It marked the first adoption of a removable magazine-fed infantry rifle by any country.

This was a relatively small number of weapons and the standard infantry rifle remained the 6.5 mm bolt action m/96 Mauser.

Aftermarket 5 and 10 round removable box magazine system are available, similar to the Type 38 infantry rifle.