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Looks like a cleaning rod in the M1
barrel on the far right ? Long type for the M1917A1 BMG
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WWII M1917/M1919 .30 cal. Single Piece Cleaning Rod. 25" or 32".
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2nd GI with side arm carrying the gun, behind him GI carries ammo can (250 Rnds!) far middle field GI carrying tri pod.
I can see the logic in carrying the rod in the rifle but it would be a nightmare in low hanging branches with possible damage to the crown plus if you needed it in a hurry you cannot just shoot it off like say a Flanders flap could this be a training exercise.
Looks like Autumn with all the leaf litter on the ground pretty hard to walk quietly on those dried leaves.
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Originally Posted by
CINDERS
I can see the logic in carrying the rod in the rifle but it would be a nightmare in low hanging branches
I wouldn't do it. I carried a rifle in the field a long time too... I remember there was something...stuck cases? They used a rod for at times. Still, I wouldn't do that.
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Metal to metal never good on the move especially against the block! He probably forgot it was there
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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So where else would you carry a long one-piece rod that can bend or break?
Real men measure once and cut.
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In the MG spare parts/cleaning kit/etc. Usually with the other barrel.
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...........or use the issue pull through. Looks to be a posed shot all left legs forward!!
Last edited by Gil Boyd; 01-09-2018 at 11:24 AM.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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So where else would you carry a long one-piece rod that can bend or break?
I wouldn't.
Originally Posted by
Gil Boyd
Looks to be a posed shot
It does that...
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