16 Nov 2024 Garand Picture of the Day - SN No. 3

[browningautorifle]

Then there's National Guard Armory – Konawa OK.

[Bob Womack]

Ah, so the rifle was owned by the Chinese, eh? I new about the history of the swastika, having been used by the U.S. Native Americans and even the U.S. Army. I just didn't know the connection to the rifle.

Bob

[CINDERS]

ISTR a discussion here or somewhere years ago the Japanese in WWII were or did reverse engineer the Garand in 7.7 with a view of supplying their troops not sure if any examples existed or were ever completed.

[Mark in Rochester]

ISTR a discussion here or somewhere years ago the Japanese in WWII were or did reverse engineer the Garand in 7.7 with a view of supplying their troops not sure if any examples existed or were ever completed.

: The Story Of The Type 4 | An Official Journal Of The NRA

[browningautorifle]

The Type 4

There's another I'd love to wring out through a dozen rounds or so. Just enough to see...

not sure if any examples existed or were ever completed.

Just enough to make them scarce and rare.

[Riter]

Hitler made the swatiska a symbol of evil. Asians, Africans and American Indians as well as ancient Greeks and Romans all used it and if you go to the Smithsonian, the propellor cap of Lindberg's The Spirit of St. Louis had one painted inside of it.

As a sidenote, in the '30s Reichswehr creator Hans von Seeckt along with other German officers went to China as military advisers. Chiang Kia Shek's son went to Germany and briefly served as a panzer officer and participated in the Ancschluss. Afterward he was sent to America (by Chiang) to learn there.

[CINDERS]

Very interesting Mark the NRA write up on the Japanese venture.