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Posted on 12/21/2020 9:55:23 AM PST by PROCON
Brigadier General Claudius M. Easley, a man with an established reputation as an Army rifle coach and sharpshooter, was Asst. Division Commander and served under General James L Bradley. The training of the division was his mission. The superior marksmanship of the 96th developed under the supervision of General Easley earned for the unit the nickname of "Deadeyes", which the 96th still carries to this day.
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Its the guns I’ve sold i miss the most.
I had 2 carbines and loved them.
A much maligned very useful firearm.
My father was an army engineer in the Pacific during WWII. On Okinawa in the final stages of the battle he was engaged in building an airstrip near the final ridge battles.
As an engineer, he carried an M1 Garand. Some of the Marines on the way to assault the ridges carried M1 Carbines. Sometimes they would trade the Carbines for the Garands the engineers carried.
Amen
They are a pleasure to shoot.
Define carbine please.
The M-1 Garand won the war. My question: Why do you need a 30.-06 to kill someone when the 30-30 will do? The M-16 was a smaller .223.
Basically a rifle designed to shoot a pistol cartridge.
But you really dont want to shoot that cartridge in a pistol.
i had an old military bolt action once, can’t remember what it is- the sites looked like they were way way off- bent even- but man it was spot on- Think it was a 7.62xsomething, (or something like that, My memory fails me on the actual calibre now)- was really beat up looking- but really nice to shoot- not a lot of kick- ended up selling it- wish i had hung onto it though now-
They also used to be very cheap. I remember seeing them in store like Woolworth’s in the mall. They were something like $80-$100. I can’t remember the vintages of them but some looked really nice. I wished I would have bought one at the time. There are a lot of things I wished I would have bought. I only lacked the ability to see into the future and money.
In the olden days they did not like close quarters and figured you could just “ploof them out of existents” at a long range
the carbine was a close quarters weapon that would still drop a guy at 150 yards
Poor trigger discipline.
Range. Remember that the Germans were armed with 8mms.
Short story: A lightweight military rifle intended for use by support troops, and those not routinely engaged in infantry combat.
Are you sure it wasn't the other way around? Engineers usually carried sidearms for personal protection, and the M1 Carbine was designed to replace sidearms as protection for these specialized troops that couldn't carry around a full sized battle rifle like the Garand.
.30-06 has longer range than a .30-30, and a little more wallop.
I have one of each - my old Winchester is fun to shoot and easy to carry.
My Garand, on the other hand, is a bit of a bear to lug around and leaves my shoulder a bit sore (I'm an old guy).
But an M1 Garand does get looks at the range, (oh dude, that's a MAN'S rifle).
General George Patton said the M 1 Garand was ''The finest battle implement ever made''. I fired one once. Good God what a cannon! And what a kick. Even with a padded shooting jacket my right shoulder hurt for two days.
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