Assertion: submachine gun | /r/HasProperty | usurped
Facets:
value: by automatic rifles
type: OTHER
value: as standard military weapons
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Submachine guns were used by all sides in WWII to provide soldiers (who were typically armed with bolt-action rifles) with superior close range firepower, and continued to see service afterwards, but were soon usurped as standard military weapons by automatic rifles.