WW2 Firearms trivia question

[Greybeard]

Hello Paul,

Very good.. .30-40 Krag was the first magazine fed, smokeless powder rifle adopted by the US Army. The 1895 7mm Mauser came as a nasty surprise to the US troops - far out-ranging the Krag, and much more accurate at long ranges. The US troops found themselves having to advance in the face of long range volley fire, and about the time they reached a point where they could return volley fire, they came under aimed fire..

Next question.. the German 1898 Mauser (known as the Gewehr '98) and later variants have become known in the firearms world as having one of the strongest, if not the strongest reciever designs of any rifle since. However, there is one asian military rifle that far out-strips the Mauser in the strength of it's receiver, also commonly used in WW2. What firearm might this be, and with which country did it serve?

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-Greybeard