User blog comment:Callofduty4/Robert Bowling resigns as Infinity Wards Creative Strategist/@comment-72.192.20.216-20120327171739/@comment-157.178.2.1-20120403154114

"SMGs", as you called them, for WAW are obviously going to be superior since the time period is mainly before any Assault Rifles existed. The weapons with the greatest rate of fire and superb CQB ability are going to rule over the bolt actions and Semi-Autos. They also have more versatility over SRs, Semi-Autos and Shotguns.

WWII wasn't a weapon balanced war time period.