I agree with Valkyrie, an assault rifle is better in an overall setting but for long range I would choose the Kar98 because of the power and better range than the M1. The M1 was a great rifle though and I think if I were a soldier it would probably be my weapon of choice out of the ones mentioned. I might also add that the soldier's training and abilities probably had more to do with how well they performed in battle than the rifles ever would. Also I think that comparing the rifles of back then is like comparing assault rifles now, they are almost the same but depending on what the person thinks is more important, be it power, accuracy or rate of fire. The rifles are all almost exactly the same with the exception of the Garand.