TheGunMag: "M1 Carbine the Most Versatile Rifle"

[JohnnyDollar]

Difference being that the average 11B was carrying 400 rds and bandoleers were filled with 7 20 rd magazines full of ammunition.

OK, I guess I'm not getting your point,
all I meant was that M1 Carbine magazines are reloadable from stripper clips.
.30 Carbine ammo was generally loaded on 10 rnd stripper clips which have an integrated guide on each clip, so there is no searching for the guide.
At least, that is how all my surplus Korean .30carbine always came.

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[eb in oregon]

OK, I guess I'm not getting your point,
all I meant was that M1 Carbine magazines are reloadable from stripper clips.
.30 Carbine ammo was generally loaded on 10 rnd stripper clips which have an integrated guide on each clip, so there is no searching for the guide.
At least, that is how all my surplus Korean .30carbine always came.

Really, only a "Newbi" goes into combat without more loaded magazines than he should carry and the gear to recharge those magazines is usually closely inspected before walking out the wire.

[JohnnyDollar]

Really, only a "Newbi" goes into combat without more loaded magazines than he should carry and the gear to recharge those magazines is usually closely inspected before walking out the wire.

Exactly,
The the army basic load for an M1/M2 Carbine issued with 30rnd magazines was 7 magazines. 1 in the rifle and 3 in each pouch for a total of 210rnds.
I'm sure guys carried more magazines.

However, if guys were given 2 magazines (60rds) and told to reload them in the field,
that is not really an issue with the carbine, that's a supply and/or leadership problem.

The fact that the Carbine was issued and used in ways it was never designed for, kind of speaks to the posted article about the M1 Carbine being versatile.