7 July 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

SERGEANT PREPARING TO FIRE A RIFLE GRENADE AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA ON 6 JULY 1944

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[browningautorifle]

Not like that he isn't...only the once.

[Mark in Rochester]

Not like that he isn't...only the once.

Maybe they were using blanks instead?

[browningautorifle]

Blanks won't launch a grenade...the recoil is horrendous at the shoulder. Also the blast into your face is like a small shotgun blast. Yes, it's in the book but firing like a mortar is preferable. Prone is also in the book... At 1:23 you see him fire from the kneeling and you can clearly see the barrel lash.