US Soldier takes 2 Prisoners with a Pistol

[Paul S.]

... no kind words for the 1911 - or any automatic for that matter, and called them 'unreliable'. He always preferred .38 revolvers.

Again, that was his opinion.

Personally, I put my trust in a 9mm Browning High Power as I have done for decades.

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This is obviously a staged photograph.
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John Browning was arguably the best automatic weapon designer that has ever lived. Everything from the 1903 or 1911 pistol, the BAR, the MaDeuce, or the A-5 shotgun to name a few, are the most reliable rapid fire designs ever produced. Even my little Colt Woodsman 22 is a superb work of art.

I agree on both points. The photo has all the earmarks of staging for the camera. The MP has no webbing on for a start and the look on the two prisoners faces suggest that they may have been promised hot (real) coffee ant it was their fifth or sixth take before the photographer was happy.

Browning was indeed a genius.