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but the relative felt recoil during of the "battle rifle" versus an assault rifle (or defensive carbine in the non-military-LE world) during a critical incident in my experience is largely overcome by technique and training.
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In the scenario as you outline it, I would not argue that felt recoil may not be a factor. However, the article I read years ago referenced the mass attacks via Chinese and North Koreans wherein the G.I.s would fire hundreds of rounds from a defensive position. That was the scenario and conditions referenced in the article that the author claimed that G.I.s were loath to pull the trigger on retreating enemy soldiers. As I remember the author claimed that data came from after action field reports. All I can say for certain is that the M1 Garand beat the hell out of me when firing more than about fifty rounds.