15-125 Garand Picture of the Day - Normandy

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

So, there's a canvas M1 sling at Normandy...earlier than I've seen them before.

[Mark in Rochester]

[browningautorifle]

And there's a flat slider...

[SA M1Dom]

Am I correct in that the hump on the slider didn't show up till postwar?

[browningautorifle]

It was a later innovation...they started in '42 and initially they were OD3. Then they changed to OD7 and the flat slider went to end war plus. Apparently it was much later, even into the '50s the hump sliders came out...

[SA M1Dom]

I'd be curious to know which type G.I.'s preferred, if any. I would imagine the leather 07's got pretty ratty after a while.

[browningautorifle]

There was a story by one of ours here that originated with a WW2 vet stating..."I never saw anything but leather slings"... Canvas can get ratty too after a bit...believe me.