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January 8, 2012, 07:57 AM | #1 |
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20th Century U S Military rifles
My list of 20th century US military issued rifles that you can collect with a C&R lic. I did not included special models like sniper version but just the bog standard issue cannon fodder.
Krag, right at the turn of the century M1903 M1917 M1903A3 M1 Garand M1 Carbine M14-M1A M16-AR15 and variants What am I missing? |
January 8, 2012, 08:20 AM | #2 |
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1903A1 1941 Johnson. |
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You could include US made Mosins. They were issued to US troops in Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok when they were deployed there during the Russian Civil War in 1918. While not standard issue they were the offical rifle issued for that campaign. I think we sent aomewhere around 15,00 troops into that conflict for almost a year.
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The NRA magazine had a feature article on the MNs built in the US during WW1. Some Cossacks were in the factory to supervise, but this stopped when the revolution began. The production was at a major arms factory, and might have been Remington. Some US soldiers in Russian even had a skirmish with Soviet troops after the 1917 revolution took place. |
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There are also a number of shotguns that were issued to U.S. troops and, of course, there is a myriad of U.S. .22 training rifles. |
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The only branch of the US military that used the Johnson rifle was the US Marine Corps. The rifles issued to Marines were an order originally intended for the Dutch troops in the Dutch East Indies but had been embargoed when the Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies. The USMC could not get M1 rifles, so they went around the US Army Ordnance Board and purchased rifles directly from Johnson. The rifles reportedly performed well in combat. Chile and Argentina also used the Johnson rifle in limited numbers. Bit of trivia- Brigade 2506 (the invasion force for the Bay of Pigs landing) were armed with M1941 Johnson rifles among others.
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Were US troops ever issued the L-E Mk 4 No 1? Savage did manufacture them in the period, but I don't recall specifically that any US forces operating with British units were issued them.
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I see you didn't mention the Winchester-Lee navy .236 (6mm) straight-pull rifle. While these are refered to as Mod. 1895..they were used in the seige of the international legations in peking during the Boxer rebellion.
This was the std. Navy & Marine arm until the 1903 was adopted. (Smallest U.S. military caliber until the M16). |
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Scorch, great info, thanks.
Ideal Tool, good stuff on the Lee Navy. rr2241tx, I've read stories of GI's being issued the No4 LE's doing state side duty. No documentation, just stories from old vets. |
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