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I reckon I can see the smudge of an ejected cartridge from the centre guys Garand just above the breech block.
What's the belt with the wire in the foreground?
Not wire....cotton cord . Not a belt....57MM Recoiless storage case . Scope / rear sight block fits into " shoebox" area , monopod ( internal tripod fore-leg ) in other . Underneath would be the pistol grip holding pouch.
Chris
That's not something you see a lot of... Neat..
Looks like the middle guy is wearing a cloth bandolier around his waist instead of a cartridge belt and did any notice the flash hider on what looks like a carbine held by the far guy, Ray
His bandoleer is just ridden up because of his position, look at the sling, it's running up to his shoulder. He has something else on, it looks like there's a cartridge belt but it's ridden way up...
That "something else" is actually part of whatever it is that is lying on the ground in the foreground.
Was the M-1 ever used in the grenade launching guise at anytime in its service as that may be a grenade launching device on the 3rd soldiers weapon. TIA
No Paul, the something else that's way up under his armpits. Not on his hip. Look at the back of his armpit and under his elbow.
Both carbine and rifle were used for grenade launching. The last weapon is a carbine with a flash hider attached.
It appears that both M1s are being fired. Notice the dust in front of both muzzles. I think I see two spent casings in the air - one right above the receiver of the second rifle and one straight above the first rifle only much higher - around 2-ft or so above the first rifle. That one is questionable because it is also in line with the hillside and could just be part of the hill. Nevertheless, it looks as though both rifles have just fired nearly simultaneously.
There's also a pile of spent brass just in front and to the side of the first man next to the broken piece of pipe.