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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 03-Feb-2023 10:38:27 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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   @Boomerman @GabeLakmann @Evil_Bender @Lover @RadixVerum @RedKaiser Yeah, Marines didn’t get the M1 garand until about ‘43.

   It’s been a while for me, but as I recall it’s a combo of institutional momentum and the marines saw themselves as RIFLEMAN. They didn’t trust a semi for duty, they saw it as an army project and preferred the “trustworthy” bolt action instead. Not to mention the 1903A1 is a damn slick gun, in more than a few ways handier than the M1. You lack firepower, but it’s lighter, and the sighting system was exactly what the USMC loved. IIRC the lack of weight up front was preferred because it made bayonet combat easier too.

   Keep in mind the target shooting/competition mindset informed a LOT of combat arms back then. That lasted all the way ‘til the 90’s, even, with many of the additions to the M16A2 being more or less built around killing it at the qualification range.

   That’s why they like to talk about how the marines would squirrel away M1’s whenever they could, until they achieved widespread issue in the middle of the war.