Garand Humor

[Rack Grade]

Now there's a sight!

Great if you are ever in a fire-fight in a phone booth.

 

[saskcop]

ABOMINATION!!!!

 

[Snider shooter]

It just needs a front pistol grip and a red set to complete it.

 

[jody_v]

Not so Garand…

 

[machman]

 

[Claven2]

yeah, a sawed off M14 seems like a totally great idea... especially with the fun switch set to on.

 

[machman]

yeah, a sawed off M14 seems like a totally great idea... especially with the fun switch set to on.

Might be a good tunnel rat FA firearm.

 

[Claven2]

Might be a good tunnel rat FA firearm.

Very likely not. A grease gun or 1911 would be far superior in a tunnel. And definitely the grenade launcher would be a very poor choice.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Very likely not. A grease gun or 1911 would be far superior in a tunnel. And definitely the grenade launcher would be a very poor choice.

Those grunts are wearing late war camo jungle fatigues and clip-up galoshes. I'd say post 1968 for the uniforms. An M14 that late in the war was lucky to still function considering the ordinary line armorers (US speeling) wouldn't know what to do with it. Their training was unlikely to include 'obsolete' small arms. Yes, there were M21 sniper rifles, but not necessarily common knowledge.

 

[savagefan]

Dude's a combat soldier you cackling hens.

 

[Claven2]

If I had to guess they recaptured it from a Viet Minh.

 

[fingers284]

Those grunts are wearing late war camo jungle fatigues and clip-up galoshes. I'd say post 1968 for the uniforms. An M14 that late in the war was lucky to still function considering the ordinary line armorers (US speeling) wouldn't know what to do with it. Their training was unlikely to include 'obsolete' small arms. Yes, there were M21 sniper rifles, but not necessarily common knowledge.

I think you underestimate the thoroughness of U.S. military training concerning their equipment and as for their Cammo, by the looks of its condition those dudes "have been there, done that" enough to know what works best in their AO for their needs....in spades!!

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

I think you underestimate the thoroughness of U.S. military training concerning their equipment and as for their Cammo, by the looks of its condition those dudes "have been there, done that" enough to know what works best in their AO for their needs....in spades!!

Not complaining about their appearance or likely experience. My comment about the armorer's depth of knowledge comes from reading the Carlos Hathcock stories, about the snipers' M14s and Model 70s, and how hard it was for the troops to get good servicing. The big green machine wasn't teaching the trades everything they might encounter but exactly what was on the unit table of issue. By extension from your remark, the PFCs would have known how to time M1 Garands and belt-fed Browning .30s. I seriously doubt their schools had that luxury of class time.