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I have been unable to find a photo or two in any manuals that show this rack. It will store carbines (lock bar for carbines not shown) and a lock bar for M1 rifles. Only M1 carbines and M1 rifles will fit. The drawing number would indicate WW2 ? and you could place one rack on top of the other as there are holes. It was used by a unit at some point in time.Attachment 102565Attachment 102564
OK Robert,
Your D#mn Rifle rack has drove me nuts since you posted the pictures. I think I looked at every picture on the internet and didn't find anything close to it.
Closes I've seen would be a toss up between the rack used on Gun Smoke, The Rifleman and The Andy Griffith show...... none are a match.
Then I typed in the D-7545-69 and hit a post in 'The Ask Each Other' forum on the CMP. Guy there back in 2015 posted what looks like 3 picture negatives, followed by a picture that no longer comes up.
Maybe you know the poster, I can ask him and give him a link to this post, here's the link:
D-7545-69 carbine rifle rack - CMP Forums
Then for the heck of it I typed in the CO.E-351 and found a link to a Engineers unit.
In the only link I found there is a time line of their travels:
Co. E 351st Engineers - Introduce Yourself - VI CORPS COMBAT ENGINEERS WWII
I'll PM the guy on the CMP and see if he's seen your Rifle rack before.
Charlie-P777
Edit to Add: I've sent a PM to 7,62x51mm at the CMP
Charlie, I am the CMP 7,62x51mm, the three photo negatives are not mine. I was never able to find out any additional information as the carbine and rifle
racks are well made there must have been plans and there is a drawing number. Robert