12 Oct 2020 Garand Picture of the Day - Little Rock Nine

[browningautorifle]

The one thing I notice is the lack of bayonets.

Bayonets was always the visual of the perceived threat. People doubt you'll shoot, but no one wants poked with that "Thing"...

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[Bob Womack]

Bayonets was always the visual of the perceived threat. People doubt you'll shoot, but no one wants poked with that "Thing"...

Yeah, I remember a discussion of the British army in the Revolutionary period. The idea of a battalion of British Regulars in full regalia marching down upon the Colonial Minutemen. The Brits would have their drummers banging the cadence and would stomp their feet on the right step. When carried at port arms, the Brown Bess placed the tip of the gleaming bayonet at approximately seven feet! Imagine that bearing down on you.

Bob