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Interesting picture. Must be target practice. I recall that some Marine's used canvas .30 cal. belts as slings for carbines like the lefty in the pic. Although this one has M2 ball, I thought that the use was for carbine ammo.
Testing/checking rifles before going out on patrol.
5 carbines & a garand
Yep, still a practice...Quote:
Originally Posted by Daan Kemp
Looks like # 3 Carbine from left has been altered in Pic. Way lighter in color. Sling looks like a machine gun ammo belt. I'm suspicious big time!!
Gun smoke I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Haas
It IS a cotton web belt. It was common practice to use a discarded belt for a sling to carry carbine loose ammo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Haas
It surely is Bill H from the extreme right and 3rd left hidden in the pic G.I's Carbines
I found the photo is of the 77th Infantry Division on Le Shima in the Pacific in WWII. The division worked with the US Marines in many of their campaigns and was often referred by the Marines as the 77th Marine Division.
Tough little island, that. Isn't that where the Japanese commander resorted to feeding the organs of captured pilots to troops and officers to "increase fighting spirit."
Bob