24 June 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[jond41403]

surprised that nobody picked up on the rifle grenade or ground signal sticking out of the grenade pouch

Would that mean that the sniper rifles were also used to launch rifle grenades and signals as well as the normal garands? I've actually never thought about it before. One would think the sniper rifles would only be used for sniping since they were the best fitted and most accurate. Thank you for the very interesting picture. It just seems to me that launching grenades and signals would put a lot of strain on a rifle and it's scope that is needed for its accuracy. Or would he just be carrying extras for the nearby grenadiers? I guess the reason I ask is I have only seen pictures of the sniper rifles with flash hiders attached, don't think I've ever seen one with an m7A3
or similar variant attached