IWI Dan vs M1917 Enfield: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

IWI Dan

Sniper rifle

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

M1917 Enfield — licensed reference photograph

BSmall arms

M1917 Enfield

Bolt-action rifle

Credit

Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

IWI DanLength

1.28 m

Length source ↗

M1917 EnfieldLength

1.18 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

IWI Danlarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+8%
Barrel length+12%

M1917 Enfieldlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 42 rows sourced on both sides

1.28m

1.18m

Length+8%

All recorded figures & sources

1.28 m

Length

Single source

1.03 m

stock folded

Single source

Configuration

Details

IWI Dan and M1917 Enfield configuration
Specification	IWI Dan	M1917 Enfield
Type	Sniper rifle^[source]	Bolt-action rifle^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	United States^[source]
Designer	Nehemia Sirkis^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries^[source]	Winchester Repeating Arms Company Remington Arms Eddystone Arsenal^[source]
Unit cost

Produced	2014–present^[source]	1917–1919^[source]

Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	.30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm) 7×57mm Mauser (Remington Model 1934) 7.92×57mm Mauser (Modified by European arms dealers during the Spanish Civil War )^[source]

Action	Bolt-action^[source]	Modified Mauser type bolt-action^[source]

Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	6-round magazine 5-round stripper clip^[source]

Sights	day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]	Iron sights^[source]

In service	—	1917–1945 (U.S. Service) 1917–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[source]

Wars	—	World War I Banana Wars Spanish Civil War World War II First Indochina War Chinese Civil War Korean War Hukbalahap Rebellion 1958 Lebanon crisis Annexation of Goa Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War (limited) Laotian Civil War (limited) Lebanese Civil War (limited) Soviet–Afghan War^[source]

Designed	—	1917^[source]

No. built	—	2,193,429 total^[source]

Variants	—	Remington Model 30^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Afghanistan Reported operator · Canada Reported operator · Republic of China Reported operator · People's Republic of China Reported operator · Denmark Reported operator · Ethiopian Empire Reported operator · France Reported operator · Haiti Reported operator · Honduras Reported operator · Japan Reported operator · North Korea Reported operator · Netherlands Reported operator · Norway Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Portugal Reported operator · South Vietnam Reported operator · Spanish Republic Reported operator · United Kingdom Reported operator · United States Reported operator · Vietnam Reported operator · Laos