16 Oct 2020 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[fjruple]

Leaping over the top looks cool but stupid especially if you can exit through the back door under the protection of the armor plating. They make nice pop-up targets to shoot at.

[browningautorifle]

Leaping over the top looks cool

Great for a photo op. If I did that today, I'd be located right where I hit the ground. My knees would explode like a claymore.

[fjruple]

Great for a photo op. If I did that today, I'd be located right where I hit the ground. My knees would explode like a claymore.

Jim-- I am with you on that one! It's a *itch to get old!!. Everyone keeps telling these are your "golden" years. The only thing "golden" in my "Golden" years is the color of the pee running down my leg. LOL!

[StratA]

Great for a photo op. If I did that today, I'd be located right where I hit the ground. My knees would explode like a claymore.

To be fair, I surmise your service coincided with the era of bad issue boots.

[browningautorifle]

I surmise your service coincided with the era of bad issue boots

Not really, I'm now 63 and was infantry for 35 years...too much campin' in the snow.

[frankderrico]

Do those front tires look to be mounted on backwards?

[Sarge1998]

Do those front tires look to be mounted on backwards?

Nope, going forward they will have maximum gripping action with that tread pattern, I used to 4 wheel with my Jeep and used Mickey Thompson Claw's that were similar pattern.

[Daan Kemp]

Everybody disembarks at the same time, no waiting for doors to open. Much faster.

[Bob Womack]

One grenade in, everyone out. Boop.

Bob