Favorite American Gun

[Semper_Fi]

@kenbu

Theres no doubt that the M1 Garand gave the U.S. rifle squad the ability to pour a lot of lead into the direction of the enemy.But it had 2 major drawbacks ;firstly you couldnt single load rounds,secondly being a Gas-recoil operated weapon you had to keep it reasonably clean (not pristine, just a reasonable level of care).The British Enfield 0.303, in my opinion is a far better battle rifle ,smooth fast bolt action,10 rd magazine and able to fire accurately and dependably under the most appalling conditions (Flanders mud in WW1 ,comes to mind).

Kenny

Im sory but the M1 Garand Is a far better rifle then the Lee Enfield Smle because one you have a Eight rounds and the enemy only has one. The Enfield is a good rifle but it is a bad I idea to fire a bolt action rifle when a German is firing a Mp44 or a m40. Against a 98k is a far match up. But I rather have a M1 then a SMLE… !0 v.s 8 but 8 is semi- auto…

[Semper_Fi]

Well My fav. Has to be the Thompson SMG. It has the power to stop the German running at you and the compated for paratrooper to use.

[kenbu]

@Man_of_Stoat

Of course you can single load the Garand! Why you would want to on a two-way range is another matter though. You do it like this:

Drop single round into chamber
Place edge of hand against charging handle
depress follower while pushing back slightly against charging handle
rotate hand sharply upwards out of the way.

If you are talking about “topping off” with single rounds, then sure. But why would you want to? I can’t in fact think of a single military semiauto that can be easily topped off without removing the magazine anyway.

Interestingly, I had a chat with some 1950s era Canadian soldiers who said that their top shooters were faster on the range over 15 rounds in aimed fire with a number four rifle than with the Garand, but from 16 rounds and up the Garand was much faster.

I should have said “safely single load”;;"hey Sarge could you hand up my thumb-nail ,while i stop the bleeding!!!

[BIGJOHNFROMMICHIGAN]

Mine is the M-60 I used to love firing this baby…

[flamethrowerguy]

Which one is nicknamed the “pig”? Is it the M60 or the M249?

[BIGJOHNFROMMICHIGAN]

That would be the M-60

[BIGJOHNFROMMICHIGAN]

the 249 is the saw, basically the same weight as the 16 as I remember, I volunteered to carry the 60 because after a road march we used to do rifle drills and after carrying that beast for 15 miles a 16 was like a feather in my hands…

[Man_of_Stoat]

@kenbu

I should have said “safely single load”;;"hey Sarge could you hand up my thumb-nail ,while i stop the bleeding!!!

You have to be a complete idiot to get your thumb caught, by the way…

[Semper_Fi]

The M60 is a good weapon but I like the Marine Corp Mediam machine gun the stinger .30 cal weapon but the problem of this weapon is a few burstsand you or out of ammo. So It is a ammo eater. But The Japs did not expect the Marines to have that kind of fire power with them.

[Jagdpanther]

240 MM HOWITZER

[Nickdfresh]

@Semper_Fi

The M60 is a good weapon but I like the Marine Corp Mediam machine gun the stinger .30 cal weapon but the problem of this weapon is a few burstsand you or out of ammo. So It is a ammo eater. But The Japs did not expect the Marines to have that kind of fire power with them.

The “Stinger” was a one-off experiment by an individual marine that modified a gun out of a crashed dive-bomber. Not an actual production weapon…

[aerwulf6814]

the m14. best of the garand with the ability to top off.

[Cuts]

@aerwulf6814

the m14. best of the garand with the ability to top off.

Yes.
Very popular with all the Allied troops from D-Day to the fall of Berlin.

Now when was the 7.62 x 51 invented again…?

[Nickdfresh]

@Cuts

Yes.
Very popular with all the Allied troops from D-Day to the fall of Berlin.

Now when was the 7.62 x 51 invented again…?

It would have been nice!

[George_Eller]

.308 Winchester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/308_Winchester

7.62x51mm NATO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x51mm_NATO

[Len]

I like the old Colt .45 M1911A1
Aye yours,

[christophe1992]

i like the tompson m1a1 and1928a1 models. strong,reliable,high stopping power the only problems where its price and accuracy over 50 meter (55 yards)

[Nickdfresh]

Most sub-machine-guns aren’t terribly accurate over 50 meters, and even if they are somewhat with a 9mm, the round is going to lack stopping power…

[ww11freak34]

the m1 and springfield are better cause they did better damage and i think its better

[1917]

garand is all fine and dandy but the K98 has it whiped by a long shot take the K98 VS Garand set up a 300 yard target garand will always hit outter target lines has K98 will always in inside