16-203 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[Flying10uk]

Mark, is it known where the picture is taken, please? I assume the 2 men in the back of the Jeep are resistance fighters?

[browningautorifle]

Love the position of our favorite carbine rack. Normally those were across the hood or someplace flat.

[Bill Hollinger]

The universal rack mounts to two brackets on the windshield on jeeps. They mount on the running board on the larger equipment. There were two versions: with and without canvas cover. The canvas covered model was used on the trucks where the rifle would be outside in the elements. They were not on jeeps until early 1943 with the windshield height was increased and the two brackets added in production. This type of mounting suggests this is an early (before about May 1943) and therefore didn't have the brackets. Field expediency The first racks were designed for the M1 rifle and M1 carbine. With the addition of a "V" shaped cross piece the M1 sub-machine gun could be stored in it. Note the tope photo does not have the "V" but the canvas covered one does.

[Mark in Rochester]

---------- Post added at 08:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 PM ----------

Mark, is it known where the picture is taken, please? I assume the 2 men in the back of the Jeep are resistance fighters?

No notes on that one - but your assumption is very likely correct IMHO

[Flying10uk]

Whatever is he going to do with the anvil???

[Bob Womack]

He's gonna beat the truth to pieces. Did you notice that it is a press jeep?

Bob

[browningautorifle]

it is a press jeep?

Yes I did, that marking for photo is interesting too...

[CINDERS]

Original pic at the top of the thread is that a 15 or 20 round mag just visible with the trigger & guard next to the drivers left leg

[browningautorifle]

15 or 20 round mag

Only 15. They trialed a 25 rd mag initially but it was not accepted. The military never made, and I've never even heard of a 20 rd mag for those.