who made the best cc weapons in WW2?

[Arlo]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
This might be quite possibly, the MOST CLASSLESS post I have ever seen on an Internet Forum.

If it is, you've lead a sheltered life. May not have been the smartest but I've seen both stupider and ruder.

Just sayin.

[Viking]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
Remember, there is no magazine to take out in the garand.  When you are empty, you only have to put bullets in.

And then when you place a new clip in the garand, it automatically closes itself.  Sometimes, maybe 1/10 you have to help it along.

All battle rifles of that era was clip/strip fed like that (except the Enfield).

[mensa180]

I heard on the history channel (great source I know ) that some American soldiers would pick up one of their empty clips and throw it down to get that *ping* sound, then they'd shoot the Germans that popped up looking.

[lasersailor184]

Originally posted by Viking
All battle rifles of that era was clip/strip fed like that (except the Enfield).

It's pretty safe to say that we can all tell that you've never done these things.

[Viking]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
It's pretty safe to say that we can all tell that you've never done these things.

You'd be wrong.


Don't get me wrong though, the Garand was great and its action was ingenious.

[Viking]

Here's how you load the Mauser K98:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW1aftznVKI

[lasersailor184]

I can easily pick out the one action less that the garand has to do to reload.  


What is it?

[Viking]

Number of actions is irrelevant. The total time of all actions required is what matters.

[Slash27]

Originally posted by SuBWaYCH
Another good one.

One hell of a gun on the Pacific front.

Fired .30 Cal, correct?

Im sure it was a hell of a weapon on all fronts:D

Fired 30-06, same as the Garand and our .30 cal mgs at the time.

[lasersailor184]

The difference being that in the garand, you don't have to close the bolt.  The garand does it by itself.  Because of that, the garand was the fastest to reload on the battlefield.

[Viking]

Loading Garand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQe5zz3l8vc

[Viking]

Another one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzZgjY8Ntg&NR=1


Not too lucky with that one though.

[Slash27]

Originally posted by Viking
Nonsense. A lot of other weapons were faster to reload than the M1 Garand. Even if we limit the selection to rifles the Enfield was fed by removable magazines and thus much faster to reload than clip or strip fed fixed magazines.

Im not sure I would go much faster, if even faster at all.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Originally posted by BaDkaRmA158Th
Johnson rifle  
Johnson LMG  
Johnson SMG


I wounder how many service men died while being hammed down on by germans after hearing that retarded "PING, im highly vulnerable now, shoot me while i reload" the garand had.

Retards.

Tell you what, genius. My Dad used to keep those empty clips in his pocket and toss them so he could shoot people who charged him thinking he was reloading. And he wasn't alone in doing that, either.

As Patton said, the M1 Garand was quite possibly the finest battle implement ever devised by man.

The Thompson was pretty damned good as well, although extremely expensive and sort of heavy.

The Colt 1911 pistol, chambered in 45 ACP remained in service for some 70+ years, and in fact really never has been completely withdrawn from service.

[Arlo]

Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
As Patton said, the M1 Garand was quite possibly the finest battle implement ever devised by man.

The Thompson was pretty damned good as well, although extremely expensive and sort of heavy.

The Colt 1911 pistol, chambered in 45 ACP remained in service for some 70+ years, and in fact really never has been completely withdrawn from service.

Seems we're fans of the same WWII personal arms hardware.

Cod I love me some older Colt, though.