12-17-19 Garand Picture of the Day - Bunch of dropped rifles

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

To be fair, probably a guy lying close at hand to most of them. Maybe they were still there after he was carried off by ambulance... That would be a dirty job, searching the field for dropped ordnance after battle. Both friendly and enemy would be collected.

[Bob Womack]

These are the rifles the mobile armories would have reconditioned and sent back into action, as written about by Ernie Pile.


Bob

[Doco overboard]

A couple of them appear to have the butt trap open so someone could get to the contents at some point.

[browningautorifle]

the butt trap open so someone could get to the contents

Sure, how many guys lose something or all of it and need a replen...and I'd be the first to point them over to that pile.