12-257 Garand Picture of the Day-1st Special Service Force at Anzio

[browningautorifle]

There ya go! I bet they shot nice too. The standard rifle isn't one of my favorites but I'd like to check that out...

[ABPOS]

There IS documentation that they used Johnson LMGs in the 1SSF. I think you have that one pegged. The Reising though I can't see and I enlarged to 400%...the rest look like rifles. The comment about pistols in the other photo is motivated by your own lust for a 1911A1...come on now, admit it...you just want one...

LOL!! Yes I do want one.

As far as the reising goes, if you got 400%, than you can see better than I. But the thing that looks like something "different" to me, is look at the two guys standing, if you look at the left guy standing, count two heads over to the left from him in the back, both of whom are lower of course. Now that second guy appears to be holding something vertical. It looks thick, and then ends after his hands. Looks too short to be a garand. And there "appears" to be something horizontal coming out of the bottom, although that could very well be the belt on the next guy sitting down. But if it was a Garand, you'd think it would continue on past his hands. But it looks like it completely stops. It might not even be a rifle of any sort, but I thought it looked thick and stubby, and might be a reising. It's right to the left of the ventilated handguard of the MG of the guy in front of him. At least I think that's what THAT is. Hehehehe

[browningautorifle]

I see the two you are examining and I THINK it's an M1 Thompson. Hopefully it's a low number and it became a vet bringback by the same man. How's that for a long reach?

[ABPOS]

Well thompson would be my second guess. But for some reason I was thinking "reising" when I saw it. I have no clue why, other than that the Johnson's were more rare and I thought maybe they had some other rare weapons. That one guy standing is clearly wearing an SMG mag pouch. Eh?

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I see the pistol grip on that one now that you said it. Oooops.