16-165 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Staff Sergeant Richard A. Myers, San Diego, Calif., (left) and PFC O. G. Whatley, Amarillo, Tex. (right) flush a group of snipers out of a cave on Saipan.

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[CINDERS]

Be a command of either bring up the Flame thrower or a Bazooka..................
Thing is with the Japanese ammunition it was virtually smokeless and the combustion had ended before the projectile had left the barrel therefore no flash to give the snipers position away.

[browningautorifle]

combustion had ended before the projectile had left the barrel

The beauty of a long barrel...

[Bill Hollinger]

And either the 7.7 or 6.5 were a pretty accurate round to boot. Not the place I would care to be at all!