![]() Likewise, when the M1 Garand was adopted in 1936 there was no carbine version. The USA had issued carbines in the past, primarily to cavalry and artillery personnel, but, beginning with the 1903 Springfield, design philosophy had shifted to favor a standard-issue rifle with a medium-length barrel intended for use by all. However, it proved to be one of the most popular US small arms of all time, serving from World War II through at least the Vietnam War. Although some personnel who would previously have been armed with the pistol did carry an M1 Carbine instead, it did not completely supplant the pistol. In today’s terminology the M1 Carbine was an attempt to develop a PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) for those troops not involved in front-line infantry combat. The origins of the M1 Carbine lay in the US Army’s decision to develop a weapon that could replace the pistol carried by many soldiers with a more effective weapon. One of the veteran Marines interviewed for the commentary track on the blu-ray release of the series says that the handle was often referred to as the "Basilone Bale".LEROY THOMPSON Series Editor Martin Pegler Also, in Part 8, Basilone demonstrates how to use a "bale", a handle attached to the barrel to prevent burns when picking up the M1919. In Iwo Jima, Basilone uses one for a short amount of time, as well as a Marine Machine Gun Crew on Okinawa in Part 9. In Part 8, John Basilone ( Jon Seda) trains PFC Chuck Tatum ( Ben Esler) and PFC Steve Evanson ( Dwight Braswell) in the use of the M1919A4. Leckie ( James Badge Dale) is briefly seen manning an M1919A4 on his LVT during the landing. M1919A4's also are seen mounted on LVT's in the series, notably when landing on Peleliu in Part 5. Replacing the Browning M1917 in the field for the Marines is the Browning M1919A4 machine gun in Episode Four, where Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens ( Josh Helman) and Wilbur 'Runner' Conley ( Keith Nobbs) use it to stop a banzai charge. Morgan ( Joshua Bitton) checks out his M1917 in the aftermath of the Japanese assault. Eugene Sledge ( Joseph Mazzello) normally carries the M1 Carbine, but he uses the M1 on two occasions, one when he uses Leyden's to kill an attacking Japanese soldier in Part 7, and during a Japanese Banzai charge in Part 9. Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens ( Josh Helman), PFC Wilbur 'Runner' Conley ( Keith Nobbs) PFC Bill Leyden ( Brendan Fletcher) and PFC Bill "Hoosier" Smith ( Jacob Pitts). In combat, amongst those who use it are Cpl. Elmo Haney ( Gary Sweet) is seen conducting solo bayonet drills against imaginary Japanese enemies using an M1. During Part 3, riding in a train through the Victorian country, several Marines compare the M1 to the M1903, and on Pavuvu in Part 4, Gunnery Sgt. Whilst stationed in Melbourne, the Marines replace the M1903 with the M1 Garand, which remains the main battle rifle throughout the series. The M1 is first seen in Guadalcanal, when Sid Phillips ( Ashton Holmes) finds, to his disgust, a crate of newly arrived M1 Garands for the army. The sniper watches for enemy counterattacks on top of the Peleliu airfield building. PFC Ronnie Gibson ( Tom Budge) is able to shoot a cow from the moving train with one. After being replaced with the M1, it was still used by Marines on the railway journey in Episode 3, to compare accuracy with the M1. Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens ( Josh Helman), PFC Wilbur 'Runner' Conley ( Keith Nobbs) and Pvt. The Marines seen using the Springfield include Cpl. At this point in the war, the earlier M1903 rifle would have been more numerous in the Marines' arsenal, and the lack of the earlier rifle at this point in the series is historically questionable. Production of the M1903A3 began September of 1941 in an effort by Remington to simplify and speed production of the rifles by using stamped parts wherever possible. The M1903A3 Springfield rifle is the general issue weapon for the Marines who land and fight on Guadalcanal in Part 1 and Part 2, as all the new M1 rifles were sent to the US Army. Mac ( Ashley Zuckerman) when the latter berates him for disobeying a cease-fire order. Manuel 'Manny' Rodriguez ( Jon Bernthal). Lebec ( Rohan Nichol), who uses his M1911A1 in a tense moment, and Sgt. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller ( William Sadler), 2nd Lt. Other Marines seen using the M1911A1 are Lt. Robert Leckie ( James Badge Dale) and John Basilone ( Jon Seda) are seen using the pistol, in one scene Leckie uses it to mercy kill a Japanese soldier being non-fatally wounded by several Marines. The main sidearm of the Marines in the miniseries is the Colt M1911A1. 1.2.2 M1903A1 Springfield with 7.8x Unertl scope. ![]()
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