A little story about the m1 carbine

[imarangemaster]

I also agree that the M1 Carbine is under appreciated. I have said many times before that the Carbines bad reputation comes from trying to use it as a battle rifle at 300+ yards, or untrained full auto fire, where they majority of the rounds went over the top. I have fired an M2, and it takes mastery to keep the rounds on target, even with short burst, let alone Korean War era mag dumps. I had enough confidence to carry one as a LEO trunk weapon for much of my career, and even killed a 200 pound blacktail deer with a single 100 yard heart lung-shot with a 110 JSP Remington round.

In the PTO, My dad carried an M1 Carbine on Iwo Jima. He was signals NCOIC with headquarters, but on Iwo, that was not a rear echelon - as there was no rear! He was there for the big Banzai charge. His brothers were Marine tankers, and had carbines. When their tanks got knocked out, they became Marine infantry with their Carbines. They also loved their carbines. The fighting in the Pacific was largely close up and personal, something the Carbine was actually very good at. I knew a a D-Day Normandy vet. He was an NCO. He carried a Garand when they were in the countryside, but changed weapons with his RTO for a Carbine when they went into the towns. He said the carbine never let him down clearing houses. Look at Audie Murphy in Europe, and Ola Mize in Korea. I had a friend that was an Advisor in the early years of Vietnam. He carried an M2 carbine and loved it for Jungle fighting.

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[browningautorifle]

Ola Mize in Korea

That was quite a story. Lots of graveside humor there. I agree that if all the guys that have been killed with a carbine sat up at once...it'd look like rapture had come.