15-246 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Karl Emerich leads a river crossing exercise with soldiers hanging on to a life line in Korea, summer of 1952.

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[CINDERS]

No.2 is carrying No.3's weapon I reckon who is carrying a radio is that correct! TIA It is at times like this when being tall has its advantage as I reckon that water would be mighty cold on the conjoolies!

[browningautorifle]

I think you're right about the radio. It was common to share the loads and make sure every one made it OK, what ever it took...

[Bob Seijas]

As an article in the Fall GCA Journal will show, the radioman carried one of the heaviest total loads in the platoon at 94 lbs. The rifleman carried 74. Helping the radio guy by taking his 9.5 lb. rifle evened out the load almost exactly.

[emmagee1917]

The third guy has a packboard on . I can't tell if it's a radio or not , but I figure it's a can of ammo for what the next two have . I think those are 57 mm RRs , but I can't make out the trigger group / scope brackets . They may be 2.36 Bazookas , just can't tell for sure.
Chris

[Mark in Rochester]

The third guy has a packboard on . I can't tell if it's a radio or not , but I figure it's a can of ammo for what the next two have . I think those are 57 mm RRs , but I can't make out the trigger group / scope brackets . They may be 2.36 Bazookas , just can't tell for sure.
Chris

Note their left hand placment - holding the verticle portion of the RR

[Bob Seijas]

The RR gunners were right up there with 93 lbs of load. Lightest was the 3.5 gunner with a "mere" 63 lbs. Heaviest of all was the mortar gunner with 95 lbs... but he didn't have to charge up the hill.

[CINDERS]

He was the smart one but then again if the enemy is onto it they would have had a counter battery fire plan for that area. I was reading a story a while ago on the Somme or may have been Villiers-Bretenoux where General Monash Calibrated every field piece prior to the battle and what that meant is it had to be done under total secrecy how do you do it well you drag the pieces away and register them with out the enemy getting wind of whats being done. Dragging the field piece away at night register it then a drag it back the next night so the enemy does not get wind of the odd shot falling in their sector. And as it was a creeping barrage it was very important to our troops the gunners knew exactly where there rounds were falling.

Post script: If it was a radio then he has used his noggin and folded the antennae down as not to advertise to a sniper or anyone else for that matter that he should be the primary target isolated troops are far easier to deal with than having them call up arty to spoil your day.