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M1 Carbine - Did Marine Riflemen use this weapon in the Pacific?


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I see this Marine has a rifle grenade launcher strapped to his pack.I have seen the picture for years and just noticed it.

 

Im also pretty sure he is the same Marine whos picture I posted(above) with the carbine.When blown up the face looks the same.I may try to lighten this picture but it looks like both have the same facial features and the moustache too.

 

 

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Is that a flash hider on the muzzle of the carbine? I always associated those with the Korean war. Usually seen on the early infrared "night sight" version of the carbine.

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Some great photos here, the M1 Carbine was everywhere in WWII, officers, photographers, code talkers, seemed to be somewhat of a personal choice. In the heat of the island campaigns it certainly is understandable to want to lug around a carbine vs the Garand but

again, personal choice. Often officers carried the carbine but here's a good photo of two pretty high level brass with one of each...

Major General J. Lawton Collins and Major Charles Davis, 1943 New Guinea

 

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And here's Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell, with M1 carbine, at Myitkyina airfield, Burma, 17 Jul 1944

 

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Here's a grenade launcher equipped carbine on Iwo Jima

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More photos of grenade launchers for both the Garand and Carbine in another post.

 

Bruce

 

 

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Another group in the Island campaigns that used the Carbine was the Code Talkers, here's a photo of one..

 

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But like any other example, you can find exceptions...

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Noticed that, and according to Marine stories, he probably threw that thing as far as he could as soon as he could get a Thompson! They were not

well liked. At least in that climate. Here in police hands they were pretty ideal....

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