13 Mar 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3/dieppe-1.jpg

Good shot, caught the case in the air and smoke at the breech...

Great picture!!!

Is that a brodie style helmet if so when did the US change!

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

a brodie style

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Kelly helmet...US issue. Brody was Commonwealth. US changed in about '41/'42 at the start of WW2.

First units to arrive in Ireland wore the Kelly's. I believe this is a training picture taken in Ireland.

BEAR

He looks really uncomfortable.

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Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY

He looks really uncomfortable.

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Well...there are probably a half dozen officers behind the camera and the photog and who knows who else... Someone told him to go lie down in that mudhole and get everything good and covered. Now, stand up and fire from the hip! Now look at the work to do, he started as a poster boy and ended up a sh*thouse rat.

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Originally Posted by BEAR

First units to arrive in Ireland wore the Kelly's. I believe this is a training picture taken in Ireland.

BEAR

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That makes sense as I don't see smoke at the breech (only background) or the brass in the air.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester

I don't see smoke at the breech (only background) or the brass in the air.

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You can even see the smoke at the muzzle. You see the empty at his near elbow...just above and left. Smoke at the breech too...