WW2 Soldier with Carbine

[imntxs554]

I wanted to show this Picture...I did show it to a member here on Milsurps, but don't think he received the picture I might of forgot to attach it. I was on a USMC Forum and I click WW2 Genre Military Photographs and a member posted this. I was curious about his Carbine. I'm pretty sure he has a WW2 Ruck Sack but there was no Caption to this Picture. It looks like this Soldier's Carbine has a T3 BB. There was a discussion about it. If anyone seen this Picture maybe you can explain it. If it is real maybe it's late in the war and they have already started to use the T3 Barrel Band. I don't think this is a Korean Photo, but who knows except the person who posted it. What year do think this Picture was Taken ? Does the Stock look like a M2 Stock I can't really tell if it is.

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[browningautorifle]

Remember Frank you Marines got the oldest of everything, so an old pattern ruck and a Korean issue weapon wouldn't be out of the question.

[imntxs554]

Remember Frank you Marines got the oldest of everything, so an old pattern ruck and a Korean issue weapon wouldn't be out of the question.

Jim, Your Absolutely Right. We were using a lot of equipment from the Vietnam era. In Lebanon our radios were old and beat up and we were lucky to get a hour out of the Batteries. We had to fix almost everything we were issued. When we did get something new we had to keep watch over it or whatever we got it grew legs and walk away. Also when I left I could of been a Mechanic or worked on Electronics. Brings back some Great memories and some Terrible ones. But one thing for sure is I loved the Corp...Ooh-Rah !!!

[jimb16]

There is some speculation that a few T3 bands made it to the Pacific theater before the end of the war. There is at least 1 photo of a guard on Okinawa with a carbine sporting that type band, but the photo date has not been proven. IF this picture can be authenticated it would be beneficial. Any chance you can track it down?

[browningautorifle]

lucky to get a hour out of the Batteries.

Ours were the same. They bought so many at one time that they'd be punk before we opened them. "D" cells too...

[imntxs554]

There is some speculation that a few T3 bands made it to the Pacific theater before the end of the war. There is at least 1 photo of a guard on Okinawa with a carbine sporting that type band, but the photo date has not been proven. IF this picture can be authenticated it would be beneficial. Any chance you can track it down?

I will try.... I got lucky and tracked down the story of a picture I found and posted it here in another thread. I will see if I can find anything on the USMC forum I visit and where I found it.

[CINDERS]

whatever we got it grew legs and walk

Sure you were not stationed near some Ausies......................!

[firstflabn]

There is some speculation that a few T3 bands made it to the Pacific theater before the end of the war. There is at least 1 photo of a guard on Okinawa with a carbine sporting that type band, but the photo date has not been proven.

If you meant the B29 photo, that's Iwo Jima. That one was nailed down over two years ago; it's May 1945.

When hunting Easter eggs, it's usually best to check the most likely hiding spots before deciding that it's indeterminate whether any eggs were hidden. In this case, the eggs are to be found in CCNL 377.

Beyond that, a photo can't tell you if there were 10 or 10,000. Basically, it can only answer the trivia question: were there any. CCNL 377 also includes details (not based on a photo) on a considerably broader usage.

[Sentryduty]

We were using a lot of equipment from the Vietnam era. In Lebanon our radios were old and beat up and we were lucky to get a hour out of the Batteries.

Ours were the same. They bought so many at one time that they'd be punk before we opened them. "D" cells too...

Those radios remained in service for quite awhile, I can't recall the official recall dates but the PRC-77 set was still in general use until at least 2002 around the reserves. Nothing like doing a section attack and it was your turn to pepper-pod, then having that 40+ year old hunk of solid state engineering crack you in the back of the brain bucket when it jumped free of the carrier.

Late edit: Wikipedia tells me that heap it still in service, and not just in backwater countries either, spit on the O-rings and carry on I guess... however it was a functionally better piece than the TCCCS that replaced it in Canadian Service.

[jimb16]

I wasn't talking about the Iwo photo. It was a black soldier guarding a jeep during the spring rains on Okinawa. There is also a film of two black soldiers in a jeep being pushed out by a dozer where one of them appears to be carrying a carbine with a type 3 band.