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17-2-20 Garand Picture of the Day
A US Tank-dozer crosses the bridge at Airel as part of the XIX Corps attack west of the River Vire
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02-20-2017 12:35 PM
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We have seen many combat photos of M1s with the grenade launcher attached... I wonder why. Maybe simply to avoid taking it off and putting it on again? As an ersatz flash hider? Because it looked cool?
Real men measure once and cut.
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My guess? You won't lose something (in this case, the grenade launcher) if you put is where you need it when you want to use it.
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with the grenade launcher attached
There'd be an issue with SA function though...there wouldn't be any.
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From memory doesn't the launcher push on a button on the end of gas plug to stop the SA action when launching a grenade seem to recall it from somewhere
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Originally Posted by
CINDERS
doesn't the launcher push on a button on the end of gas plug to stop the SA action when launching a grenade
That's right, what I said...
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We do not know the context of the photo. Maybe he just attached the launcher.......maybe he just fired it........maybe he's the only soldier with a launcher and is used only for that?
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Originally Posted by
Jason60chev
We do not know the context of the photo.
Now there's a point I've brought up here repeatedly... Quite right.
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