AP ammunition

[Jim From Oklahoma]

I ws a rifleman in G-3-29 of the 6th Mar Div on Okinawa in April, May and part of June of 1945 before a luxurious cruise on the Hospital Ship RELIEF to a hospital on Saipan. Our .30 caliber rifle ammo was AP. I don't know about M1919 machine gun ammo as many belts were loaded on Guadalcanal before the Okinawa landing and could have been with M2 Ball.
A friend shot in the 1946 or 1947 Marine Corps Matches. The rifles were M1s and the ammo used in the matches was AP.
Shoot enough AP into a hillside backstop and penetrators begin to appear on top of the ground. They make usable center punches.

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[browningautorifle]

They make usable center punches.

I have one each here, .30 cal and .50 cal that are part of my cartridge collection until I need a prick punch. Then they get so employed...

And that was exactly the kind of testimony we need here...

[SA M1Dom]

I have one each here, .30 cal and .50 cal that are part of my cartridge collection until I need a prick punch. Then they get so employed...

And that was exactly the kind of testimony we need here...

I totally agree. You can read all the sources there are, their is nothing better than a first hand account from someone who was there.

[SRiverrat11]

My Uncle was GCo. 2ndBn, 22nd Marines, wounded at Sugarloaf Hill, Okinawa, and he said they only used AP ammo. Thank you for your service to this nation, Jim from Oklahoma.