26 Jan 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

US Marines of the 29th Regiment, 6th Division securing Naha, the capital city of Okinawa. 25th May 1945.

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[Bob Womack]

Spanish-style roof tiles.

Bob

[Ex Crab]

I see one M1 carbine and one M1 Garand, but what's the bloke in the middle got?

[frankderrico]

Man in the middle, M1 carbine with grenade launcher.

[Ex Crab]

Man in the middle, M1 carbine with grenade launcher.

Ask and ye shall receive.
Thanks for that.
I should imagine that a grenade launched from an M1 carbine would not go very far.

[RCS]

photos show the M8 grenade launcher for the M1 carbine, there was an earlier model before this variation. Besides rifle grenades, alot of use for this M8 launcher was for smoke and pyrotechnics. Note the middle and man on far right have rifle grenades (or smoke ?) on the top of their packsAttachment 114618Attachment 114619

[browningautorifle]

a grenade launched from an M1 carbine

I know it's WIKI but the base is there, you can compare to the M1 rifle spec. M7 grenade launcher | Military Wiki | Fandom

They had bags of trouble engineering the launcher in the beginning. Split stocks and broken tangs and pistol grips. It's all in the book...

[Mark in Rochester]

History of The M7A1, M7A2, and M7A3 Grenade Launchers

[browningautorifle]

Lots more in the books by Ruth about the Carbine..."War Baby"... Well worth a look.

[Mark in Rochester]

Larry is in the Rochester area good guy to chat with at the Rochester gun shows