19 Aug 2022 Garand Picture of the Day - Korea

[Mark in Rochester]

Headline upper right : Marines slaughter Reds

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[Flying10uk]

On a documentary a few days ago a Korean War veteran said that he had to guard a position in Korea by himself against an expected North Korean night time attack. The veteran went on to say that as he wanted to give the impression to the North Koreans that he was not alone he decided that he would alternate between firing an M1 Carbine, an M1 Garand and also throwing grenades.

I realise that the Garand fires a larger, full size rifle round, than the M1 Carbine, before someone points it out, but would there be much audible difference in sound, to an enemy some distance away, between an M1 Carbine and a M1 Garand firing alternately to each other, with a few grenade explosions in between?

[jond41403]

Yes you would definitely be able to tell the difference between the two. My garand is much louder than my carbine. I take them both shooting all the time and there is a distinct difference in sound between the two. Here in Tennessee people shoot in my area all the time (because I live in the country where it's allowed), I can tell what they're shooting just by the sound. But I have grown up shooting all kinds of different calibers and I'm just used to hearing them and can identify them from a distance. A North Korean soldier would be able to do the same.

[browningautorifle]

would there be much audible difference in sound, to an enemy some distance away, between an M1 Carbine and a M1 Garand firing

Not just them. We used to teach new guys the difference in different weapons signatures. We'd go down range to a low spot under cover and have these different weapons fired close past us. You can clearly tell the difference between ALL of them. That was why we taught NOT to carry an enemy weapon in action as you could be mistaken for enemy by your weapon's signature. Carbine signature is VERY different from rifle.