Ross MkIII

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The Ross Rifle was a straight-pull bolt action .303 inch-caliber rifle produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. The Mk II of the rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but Mk III featured several design choices, like its close chamber tolerances, lack of primary extraction and overall length that made it unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare, exacerbated by the often poor quality ammunition issued.

The rifle was eventually withdrawn from front-line service, but because of its exceptional accuracy, it was continued to be used by many of the Canadian Expeditionary Force's snipers until the end of the war.

The rifle also had a role in the production of the Huot Automatic Rifle, being a converted Ross rifle. It was ideal for such a conversion due to it being cheap and the straight-pull bolt being easy to modify to fire automatically.

Battlefield 1
The Ross MkIII is a weapon set to be introduced in Battlefield 1: Apocalypse expansion for the Scout class. The Ross Mk3 Marksman is available for use by completing it respective assignment. Like the Gewehr M.95 Marksman variant, it can be fired without unzooming thanks to its Straight Pull Bolt.

Trivia

 * The weapon was originally named Ross Mk3, but this was changed in a pre-release update to the CTE.