06-26-2011, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by copeab
(I'll toss this in, as it's something I've researched for my Weird WWII campaign)
The M-1903 Springfield with M-1 rifle grenade adapter was a superior platform to the M-1 Garand with the M-7 rifle grenade adapter. On the Garand, firing rifle grenades required the weapon be unloaded and the gas port turned off. Additionally, live ammo could not be fired with the M-7 adapter on the gun. OTOH, the Springfield could fire regular ammo with the M-1 adapter on the rifle and, as it had a magazine cutoff, it could keep it's internal magazine loaded with life ammo while firing rifle grenade blanks while operating as a single shot rifle. The US used the M-1903 for its grenadiers well into the war due to the problems with the M-1/M-7 combo.
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Its also one of the reasons why the M-1 Carbine was adopted to fire rifle grenades during Korea.
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