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I just went through 420 Marine Combat photos taken during about every combat engagement the Marines had in the Pacific.:madsmile: I noticed two things: 16 inch bayonets on M1's and not a single 03 to be seen. The only sniper shown in any of the photos was using an M1 shown in the first photo.:thup:
I do have one question, and that is what is on the end of the barrel of the carbine in the second photo?:confused:
Jim:cool:
Jim, probably a grenade launcher.
Jim
I believe it is an M8 Grenade Launcher.
Ditto
I don't think the Marine with the carbine was missed by the shrapnel.
Jim,
Here you go, Guadalcanal Marines with 1903's;
http://www.daveswarbirds.com/guadalc...o_Jap_area.JPG
No snipers but they are 1903's, I knew two Marines that were on Guadalcanal and both of them told me they had 1903's. I knew the pictures were somewhere out there.
geberl,
Guadacanal was the only action not in the pile of photos. I was expecting to see 03's of the grenadiers, but what I saw was carbines with grenade launchers! To be honest, I didn't know you could use a grenade launcher with a carbine.
Jim
I also saw some footage of Marines with grenade launcher adaptors on their carbines in Ken Burns' "The War".
You got right. It look`s like this grenadelauncher
Is it true many Marines didn't like the M-1 Garand,but favored the tried and trusted 1903s?Reading an article some years back,it stated the Government had a hard time making the Marines accept the M-1!