Word is that the M1 has a greater velocity than the M-16. True?
No the M16 has a higher velocity ,which is 3100fps
The M1 Garand is 2800fps
The M1 being heaver will probably have a lower velocity, it just depends how hard you can throw them.
The M1 being heaver will probably have a lower velocity, it just depends how hard you can throw them.
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I bet you could get 25 feet out of that M16 LOL the Garand not so much the thing weighs 12 lbs
Sorry if someone has mentioned this already, I haven’t read the whole thread yet. But the WWI vintage Springfield .03-06 rifle was issued at the beginning of the war as a stop-gap measure as enough M-1s could not be produced until the end of 1942, mostly to the Marines, and it was probably used by the US Navy throughout the war in ship board armories. The rifle was then modified into a sniper rifle made famous in “Saving Private Ryan.”
And oh yeah, I love the Tommy-gun. :twisted:
I think my first thread may be about that subject…
It must have been a disadvantage to have them, when compared to the MG-42s.
The M1919 had an advantage over the Type 92 because the tripod the .30 cal used was much closer to the ground so the people using to it weren’t as exsposed as the people using the Type 92.