Übersicht			Auf mobile öffnen

Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Mai 2012
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 / ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Firearms & Weapons / c 1940 to c 1949 / History / HISTORY / Military / World War II / History of the Americas / Militaria, arms & armour / Modern warfare / Ordnance, weapons technology / Second World War / United States of America, USA / Weapons & equipment
ISBN:	9781849086219
EAN-Code:	9781849086219
Verlag:	Bloomsbury
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Serie:	#16 - Weapon
Dimensionen:	H 248 mm / B 184 mm / D 7 mm
Gewicht:	266 gr
Seiten:	80
Illustration:	Farb. Abb.
Bewertung:	Titel bewerten / Meinung schreiben

Inhalt:

The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, "The greatest battle implement ever devised." At a time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt that the distinctive "twang" as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider it one of the key reasons they survived the war.