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General Discussion / Re: Defend ze glory of ze German Wunderwaffen!
« on: August 13, 2015, 02:42:54 pm »(nor is either very related with anything in the m1 family of tanks).Or M1 Scout Car, M1 howitzers, M1 8 and 4,5 inch heavy guns, M1 mortar, M1 bayonet, M1 aircraft guns, M1 motorcycle, three different M1 artillery tractors, M1 crane, various M1 trucks and trailers, M1 anti-tank guns, M1 flamethrower, M1 Bazooka, M1 helmet, M1 whatever. Welcome to designation hell of US Armed Forces. Apparently they couldn't decide what was supposed to be most important and hold the first number, eh.
The carbine was also a good weapon, while not capable as a rifle, it was very small and handy, particularly the later improvements of select fire and a ir night scope.IIRC, it was actually more liked than the Garand, for being light and pretty capable of killing Germans, even if lacking in stopping power (Soldiers reported that Germans and Japanese alike had tendency to keep going despite being shoot, multiple times) and there was actually more of it at the end of war IIRC.
