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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 21, 2006 13:49:02 GMT -5
I plan to post a series of resource displays that can be used for reference purposes for both US and German players. It is my hope that the visitors to this site find them interesting (accurate) and worthwhile. They will come from my collection of real weapons and actual uniforms and equipment from the collections of various friends in the WW2 community. I will post and add as time permits. Enjoy!
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Post by Capt. Zak on Nov 21, 2006 18:10:44 GMT -5
Again...AWESOME! These need to be put on the WW2AA website! GORDAK!!!!
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 30, 2006 23:50:15 GMT -5
Here are some common adapters for US weapons
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Post by phantom12321 on Dec 1, 2006 7:49:10 GMT -5
I know where you cang get those M15 grenade lauching sights or perhaps a later cousin of them but, as far as I could tell they were identical. I believe many of you are familiar with American Science and Surplus. They have a big bin of those with the pouches
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 1, 2006 13:20:51 GMT -5
Grenade rifle adapters and pouches are very available hence quite cheap. The pouches I find quite handy for airsoft puposes. For example the adapter pouch shown above holds a full sized battery very nicely as does a wire cutter pouch.
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Post by nichollasm on Jan 29, 2007 1:30:36 GMT -5
in the second photo the springfield that one looks like great grandfathers. is that airsoft or what.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jan 29, 2007 2:02:58 GMT -5
The weapons in the displays are all real weapons
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Post by themango on Jan 29, 2007 13:17:35 GMT -5
John I am still dying to see this guys collection. Any word on if he will allow some visitors?
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Post by bullets on Apr 29, 2007 12:18:17 GMT -5
M1D sniper rifle is Korean war Only, it never saw use in the ETO during or after the war.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jul 1, 2007 22:44:44 GMT -5
It (Garand M1C sniper) was shown in the table of Organization for all US Infantry weapons from May of 1944 on. I keep hearing completely mixed reports on whether it was in fact in any GIs hands during WW2. People passionately arguing both points of view. I'd love a definitive answer that I could trust.
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on Jul 2, 2007 14:46:04 GMT -5
the m1-c's a pretty popular areguement in the ww2 reenacting community. frankly, there are plenty of threads discussing it already and it would be nice if this didnt become another one. just a question for me to throw out there, is that a postwar spoon on the MKII fragmentation grenade on the m1 rifle grenade adapter?
just to let anyone know, I'm not trying to be nit-picky about it. This guys collection greatly tops any i've seen.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 28, 2007 1:03:24 GMT -5
Yankee Div 26 had an interesting question about the frag grenade attached to the rifle having a spoon. The grenade shown is not correct for a fully accurate WW2 rifle grenade. It's not as far off as one might think. Actually the Infantry had two choices for Frag Rifle grenades. One was time delayed and one was impact activated. They both provided the same 5 meter kill radius. The timed one (in the hands of skilled operator) could be fired to cause an airburst and was more popular when soft ground was present. In N africa the impact activated frags often didn't go off. The maximum range for rifle grenades was 200 meters but the effective range was considered 50 to 100 meters.
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on Sept 28, 2007 18:58:02 GMT -5
Cool info, I never thought there was an impact activated rifle grenade. I always just assumed the spoon would come off and the timer (fuse i suppose) would be activated the same way as a regular MKII Fragmentation Grenade.
Odd story, one of many from my great-uncle bernie. He and his squad had the oppurtunity to stay in an abandoned house during the war. One of the guys in his squad had a rifle grenade (anti tank) armed and his safety off. Sometime during the evening they were are the house, the man's rifle was discharged by him (probably trying to clean or handle his weapon), propelling the rifle grenade which impacted on the interior second floor wall. Everybody was shaken up, dusty, but amazingly unharmed. My great-uncle bernie claimed he raised his fist for the first time in anger in his life and claimed he'd "kill the sob". He never got the oppurtunity, the man was killed a week later, along with the rest of my great-uncle's squad (and very nearly my great-uncle), by a MG....but I guess thats another story.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 28, 2007 20:29:37 GMT -5
There is a blank round they use to propell the rifle grenade (In addition to the special adapter with a limited slot for the gas to escape which sends the grenade in flight) This blank looks like a normal blank for training purposes extcept it has red or black paint on the primer and one additional crimp in the top. (Very easy to get confused with a regular blank) It has at least three times the powder of a 30 Cal blank.
If you inadvertently fire it in a Garand set up for firing blanks your gun will be destroyed. I spoke with a guy last week that relayed that story. The round broke the charging handle and bolt and partially blew out the blank adapter.
Not a good move.
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on Sept 28, 2007 21:35:58 GMT -5
Yes I've heard that. I believe a guy in my reenacting unit did it 3 or 4 years ago, same deal. He thought he had to use them to fire a reenacting friendly rifle grenade. Guess he didn't think about how much lighter a reenacting rifle grenade is...then agian, comon sense escapes us all sometimes.
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Post by petrokurak on May 23, 2009 10:46:23 GMT -5
The 3rd pistol looks like Russian TT "Tetetka"
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Post by scotlandthebrave93 on May 26, 2009 12:27:03 GMT -5
are these airsoft?
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Post by KRaddatz on May 26, 2009 15:24:09 GMT -5
The weapons in the displays are all real weapons
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Post by bloq on Jun 15, 2009 9:51:45 GMT -5
Awesome grenade launcher collection. I knew these existed, but I had never seen them until now. Very cool.
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Post by ww2gun on Jul 26, 2009 9:33:20 GMT -5
the guns look real so do the grenade launcher collection
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Post by Adler69 on Jul 26, 2009 11:51:10 GMT -5
the guns look real so do the grenade launcher collection The weapons are R.S. , this thread is so people can have an idea of what the weapons used by G.I's during the war look like.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jul 26, 2009 12:21:07 GMT -5
Folks could you please take the time to actually read the captions instead of simply looking at the pictures before asking the same numb questions. Abraham Lincoln once said "I'd rather keep my mouth shut and appear the fool than open it and remove all doubt." In these days of threads and e-mails, the written word only makes you appear less bright and remains as a written monument to your inability to read, lack of attention or laziness.
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Post by airbornerocks on Jul 26, 2009 12:44:20 GMT -5
Wow John, that is one impressive collection! I have learned a thing or two from these posts.
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