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To: M1903A1

No, I mean WWI. The Marines had 03’s and most of the Army was armed with 1917 Enfields.


32 posted on 03/08/2019 8:24:55 AM PST by damper99 (pu)
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To: damper99

Do we know if the Marines specified only 1903s for its forces, or was it more a matter of the size of the Corps versus the expanded Army? Like the much-smaller Corps could be supplied from 1903s on hand, while the Army would need vast numbers of new rifles anyway so give ‘em the 1917s?


33 posted on 03/08/2019 10:34:03 AM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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