Carbine seen in WWII Documentary. Is this correct?

[imarangemaster]

If I remember correctly, the M2 Carbine video I sent to Badger to have in the sticky is dated February 1945, and has 30 round hardbacks in it.

[browningautorifle]

You guys can sure argue about nothing.

[A. F Medic]

Knowing better, it looks like a crank handle by his hand! Late Gatling carbine?

[Johnny Peppers]

The jacket appears to have knit cuffs, and collar not right for field jacket. Appears to be tanker style jacket.
Barrel band appears to be a Type II.

[Bruce McAskill]

Thanks Johnny as that picture is much better. It is a type 2 barrel band on it and that piece above his hand is not a switch but the end of the slide. Most feel the first use of the M2 was on Okinawa and they all would have had the type 3 barrel bands on them. Inland by April 1945 was in full production of M2 carbines. But it still looks like there is no band spring. Got to be the way the photo was taken.

[Mizzouboy]

That's a potbelly for sure. Also if you look closely where the bayonet lug should be you see a grayed-out fuzzy image of it, including the rivets as said above. It's blurred out like the front sight. Can't say if the photo was just bad or deliberately altered, but I'd say Korea, also based on the field jacket.

[Johnny Peppers]

I'm beginning to see the second shooter in the Kennedy assassination. Look right over the Carbine's barrel and you can distinctly see him.

[INLAND44]

LOL! Good one, Johnny!
The picture is just crummy enough to foster all kinds of reactions. As much as we all love to speculate on what is simply never going to be clear, some things are self-evident, like the fact that the carbine cannot remain functional without the band retaining spring. Some late stocks were thicker in that area which means the spring sat deeper in the wood, which is exactly what you see in the picture.

[Bruce McAskill]

About the only things from the poor quality picture that one can say it that it's a carbine with a type 2 barrel band,low wood stock,type 3 adjustable rear sight,30 round magazine and has a standard magazine pouch on the stock for 15 round magazines. What is that pinned on his collar?

[Bill Hollinger]

Okay fellas, all I did to this photo was adjusted the contrast, re-sized it and added text. What do you think?