30 May 2021 Garand Picture of the Day - Gas Trap

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National Defense
Date taken: November 1938
Photographer: William Vandivert

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By the second type gas cylinder issued (without flutes) the front sight ears were bent outward
as the straight ears could be mistaken for the front sight under some conditionsAttachment 117922