D-Day Garands in lower Normandy!!!

[read6737]

As I live in France I come across a lot of equipment, mainly German, then British and lastly US.
The Us stuff although demanding a higher price is the less popular, the German is considered the best quality,
and the British is well sort after and prized.
(How do you think my collection is growing so fast.)

[ArizonaBeagle]

As I live in France I come across a lot of equipment, mainly German, then British and lastly US.
(How do you think my collection is growing so fast.)

If you ever come across M3A1 grease gun extractors I could use about a dozen.
There is a fellow who attends gun shows here and has found some in the past but has been unable to locate any more.

Nice collection so far.......

AZB

[blackcat_attilio]

Nice and interesting pics Sean. Thanks.

[seanl]

Nice and interesting pics Sean. Thanks.

Thanks I will post a few more soon, been super busy catching up after the 3 week vacation...

[Griff Murphey]

In your first picture of the gun emplacement... looks like someone made off with the muzzle brake on that German gun.

[Laufer]

Interesting trip, with excellent photos. We took my son there several years ago.
May I suggest a different trip for those with less time, are much closer to Lux./Belgium, and want to see where the Band of Brothers fought in the 'Battle of the Bulge' ?

If you can ever visit Bastogne, Belgium (short drive from Luxembourg City), you would enjoy a personal tour given by Mr. Reg Jan, who is Flemish.
At least one other guy provides tours, but Reg personally knows several of the E and F Company veterans who were there, and sequences of their personal accounts (when/where) in action-packed detail.

You visit not only the original fox holes near Foy, but other skirmish, battle sites, including where Patton's troops first 'zapped' a tiny pillbox of German, which allowed the first penetration of the encirclement, from the south.

[Redleg13a]

Take a look at the rear sight in the top right picture. Does that look to anyone else like it might be a Type I lockbar? I can't tell if there's a staking hole or not.

[LTS]

I was just in France in March/April 2010 visiting a friend who is there for a three year tour for work. We took a trip to Normandy and visitied Omaha and Utah Beaches, Saint Mer-Eglise (spelling). While walking by the Big Red One Memorial we found a porcelan bead for a German hand grenade. My friend has a cup full of them from Normandy and Bastogne. He has also found rusted out baynets in Normandy that washed up. I can post pics later.