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12-211 Garand Picture of the Day - Marine Raders in training
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07-30-2014 12:30 PM
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What rifle is the soldier third from right carrying? Maybe it's the angle, but looks to small to be a BAR.
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That's a stripped down BAR. The angle throws the pic a bit.
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I think if we were closer, we'd find it to be a proper 1918 BAR without mods. Checkered forend and no bipod ever installed. Also it looks like the first pattern of flash hider...wooden butt, without monopod hole. Like a Colt or Marlin Rockwell...
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It's the same as the guy behind him . It's a 1928 Thompson with the Cutts . It is twisted over so you are looking more at the bottom . Quite clear at 400 % .
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BAR Model 1918 and 1918A1
Before the Model 1918A2 was adopted, there was a bipod adopted in 1937 for the Model 1918A1. This bipod was also used during the early part of the war until replaced by the 1918A2 This bipod was attached to the gas cylinder Attachment 55136
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Yes, the extreme right man is carrying a Thompson...I payed no attention to him initially.
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Thanks Jim! I had the privilege to meet a BAR gunner who served in the Philipine campaign. I forgot that he told me they had a lot of the original versions as the Army took most of the new ones! One constant in this life is that service rivalry never ends!!
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OK , I was looking at the wrong guy 
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Yes , the man in question is carring a WW1 pattern BAR . It has the early wood , short buttstock with the 1917 buttplate on it . Fore end is the checkered wood and does not look like it's been cut down . The mag well ears have not been added and , as said , it has the early non-bipod flash hider . It has the early gas regulator and prob'ly is still set up for semi and full auto selection .
I would love to have it in my collection.
Chris
added PS .... of course it's semi and full , you need the later long stock with the shoulder rest to contain the two speed FA conversion.
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