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This rifle shows how by 1943 , the needs of the modern soldier to fire and reload rapidly had become a significant priority. It had a lower muzzle velocity, a small calibre, was significantly shorter than predecessors and used a magazine instead of a clip .

For me this object reveals that war had become an acceptable phenomenon .Its design reveal the emergence of the 'mass production of death'. This rifle is a symbol of both a struggle for freedom and of technological change. On the one hand its message is a positive one for freedom. On the other it signals the greatest tension when one human is faced with the killing of another