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==Users== [[File:M1903 Springfield Users.png|thumb|A map with M1903 Springfield users in blue|222x222px]] * {{flag|Austria}}: Equipped with 470 M1903A4s used as a marksman rifle. Called "Zielfernrohrgewehr 03" in Austrian service.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Urrisk |first=Rolf M. |title=Die Bewaffnung des österreichischen Bundesheeres, 1918-1990 |date=1990 |publisher=H. Weishaupt Verlag |isbn=978-3-900310-53-0 |edition=1. Aufl |location=Graz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hufnagl |first=Wolfdieter |title=Jagdkommando: Sondereinheiten des österreichenischen Bundesheeres |last2=Benz |first2=Martin |date=2001 |publisher=Motorbuch-Verl |isbn=978-3-613-02079-5 |edition=2. Aufl |location=Stuttgart}}</ref> *{{flag|Brazil}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Maximiano|first1= Cesar|last2=Bonalume|first2= Ricardo N|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6q6HCwAAQBAJ|title=Brazilian Expeditionary Force in World War II|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|year= 2011|isbn=9781849084833|series=Men at Arms 465|pages=10, 16–17, 44}}</ref> *{{flag|Cambodia}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}} *{{flag|Canada}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}} *{{flag|China}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}} *{{flag|Costa Rica}}<ref name="Banana"/> *{{flag|Cuba}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}} *{{flagcountry|Ethiopian Empire}}: Received after World War II.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Scarlata|first=Paul|date=1 Mar 2009|title=Ethiopian military rifle cartridges: Part 2: from Mauser to Kalashnikov.|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ethiopian+military+rifle+cartridges%3A+Part+2%3A+from+Mauser+to...-a0195134991|magazine=[[Shotgun News]]}}</ref> *{{flag|France}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}}<ref name="Indochina">{{cite book|title=The French Indochina War 1946–54|series=Men-at-Arms 322|first= Martin |last=Windrow|isbn=9781855327894 |date=15 Nov 1998|page=41|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]}}</ref> * {{flag|Nazi Germany}}: Captured rifles from American soldiers designated the Gewehr 249(a). Captured rifles from Commonwealth soldiers designated the Gewehr 249(e). *{{flag|Greece}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}} * {{flag|Haiti}}: Issued to [[Gendarmerie of Haiti|Gendarmerie]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military rifle cartridges of Haiti. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military+rifle+cartridges+of+Haiti.-a0242017608 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref> * {{flag|Honduras}}: Equipped with 2,083 M1903s in 1950.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TH88DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA287|first=Robert H. |last=Holden|title= Armies without Nations: Public Violence and State Formation in Central America, 1821–1960 |location=Oxford and New York|year= 2004|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=9780198036517 |page=287}}</ref> * {{flagicon image|Flag of Italian Committee of National Liberation.svg}} [[Italian resistance movement|Italian Partisans]]: Supplied to partisans operating in the vicinity of American troops.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gianluigi |first1=Usai |last2=Riccio |first2=Ralph |title=Italian partisan weapons in WWII |date=28 January 2017 |publisher=Schiffer Military History |isbn=978-0764352102 |page=167}}</ref> *{{flag|Japan}}: Captured during World War II. Used by [[National Police Reserve]] after the war.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Laos}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The War in Laos 1960–75|series=Men-at-Arms 217|first=Kenneth |last=Conboy|date=23 Nov 1989 |publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9780850459388|page=15}}</ref> * {{flag|Netherlands}}: Used by the [[Netherlands Marine Corps]] during the [[Indonesian National Revolution]].<ref name="ArmsControl">{{cite book|title=The Control of local conflict : a design study on arms control and limited war in the developing areas|volume=3|last1=Bloomfield|first1= Lincoln P.|last2=Leiss|first2=Amelia Catherine<!--|last3=Legere|first3= Laurence J.|last4= Barringer|first4= Richard E.|last5=Fisher|first5= R. Lucas|last6= Hoagland|first6= John H.|last7=Fraser|first7= Janet|last8=Ramers|first8=Robert K-->|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA324492.pdf#page=85|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804022404/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA324492.pdf#page=85|url-status=live|archive-date=4 August 2020|date=30 June 1967|hdl=2027/uiug.30112064404368|pages=80, 89}}</ref> *{{flag|New Zealand}}<ref name="Brophy, William 1985 p. 149">Brophy, William, ''The Springfield 1903 Rifles'', Stackpole Books (1985), p. 149</ref> *{{flag|Nicaragua}}<ref name="Banana">{{cite book|title=Latin American Wars 1900–1941: "Banana Wars," Border Wars & Revolutions|series=Men-at-Arms 519|publisher=Osprey Publishing|first= Philip |last=Jowett|date= 28 Jun 2018|isbn=9781472826282 |pages=15, 17, 45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LJeDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> *{{flag|North Vietnam}}<ref name="NVA">{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iC21CwAAQBAJ|title=North Vietnamese Army Soldier 1958–75|date=10 Feb 2009|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|isbn=9781846033711|series=Warrior 135|page=21}}</ref> * {{flag|Peru}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last= Reynolds|title=The Mauser Rifles of Peru |website=carbinesforcollectors.com|access-date=22 January 2019|url=https://carbinesforcollectors.com/riflesofperu1.html}}</ref> *{{flag|Philippines|1936}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}} *{{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912-1949)|name=Republic of China}}<ref name="NVA" /><ref name="Chinese Army" /> *{{flagcountry|Republic of China|name=Republic of China (Taiwan)}}<ref name="Brophy, William 1985 p. 150">Brophy, William, ''The Springfield 1903 Rifles'', Stackpole Books (1985), p. 150</ref> *{{flag|South Korea}} : Equipped with 216 M1903A3s before the [[Korean War]]. The number in service peaked at 3,611 in 1951, and was reduced to 393 by the end of the war. The military also received 100 and 109 M1903A4s in 1952 and 1953, respectively.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bak |first=Dongchan |url=http://medcmd.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf |title=Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations |publisher=Ministry of Defense Institute for Military History |date=March 2021 |isbn=979-11-5598-079-8 |location=Republic of Korea |pages=23–25 |language=Korean |access-date=2022-06-27 |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170621/http://medcmd.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> *{{flag|South Vietnam}}<ref name="Indochina"/> *{{flag|Thailand}}{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}} *{{flag|United Kingdom}}<ref name="Brophy, William 1985 p. 149"/> *{{flagu|United States}}: Still in use with [[Junior ROTC]] units for ceremonial purposes.{{sfn|Thompson|2013|p=63}}
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