BBA088 Winter Rifle Section W. Britain Dirty Shirt Blue Quite a mouthful

Quite a mouthful

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The second establishment of the 2nd New York regiment was authorized on January 19

000 FT-17’s fell into German hands many were scrapped

BBA088 Winter Rifle Section W. Britain Dirty Shirt Blue Quite a mouthfulThis 3 man section is carrying probably the finest infantry rifle of WW2 The M1 Garand, the . 30 06 calibre, semi automatic weapon that was the standard US Army service rifle of WW2. This weapon was so good that it also saw service in Korea (1950 53) and even limited service during the early part of the Vietnam War with the South Vietnamese Army. When the rest of the WW2 participants were using bolt action rifles the GIs had the advantage of being