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The_War_Wagon
06-06-09, 09:44
Just in time, for the 65th anniversary of D-Day - Anyone here old enough to have seen THIS cinematic masterpiece?

http://www.archive.org/details/Rifle_Marksmanship_with_M1_Rifle_Part_1

Great stuff!!! :D
lovemyM4
06-07-09, 23:40
that was long before my parents and i were even thought of but awesome video.

how ya been the war wagon?

want to read something funny?....... I'm getting back into the AR15 lol

i'm starting my build next week
El Mac
06-08-09, 08:13
What kind of accent is that instructor speaking with???
chavez_e_chavez
06-08-09, 08:49
What kind of accent is that instructor speaking with???

sounds like the scarecrow from the Wizard of oz...Sounds almost bostonish:p
sjc3081
06-08-09, 08:51
What kind of accent is that instructor speaking with???

Slight British Accent The speaker is an actor.
Ricardus
06-08-09, 09:06
Mid-Western prior to 1955! accent. That's how educated Americans used to speak!

The way the instructor shows how the op rod or rather the charging handle was pushed forward to load the round is why the Army insisted on the forward assist with the M16.

Now I understand why that may have been. But it is a different system and with the M16 a bad idea!

Great stuff on the M1 Garand though.

Some of it in the heat of battle was impracticable but it taught the basics of rifle marksmanship and how to control one's best instinct to rush the shot.
chavez_e_chavez
06-08-09, 09:18
very cool vid IMO..Would love to have a m-1........What actual caliber is a m-1 .30??
El Mac
06-08-09, 20:32
Mid-Western prior to 1955! accent. That's how educated Americans used to speak!

I think you hit it.

I just think it unique how language/speech changes and alters over time...kinda weird.
Alpha Sierra
06-11-09, 20:45
very cool vid IMO..Would love to have a m-1........What actual caliber is a m-1 .30??
Cartridge, .30, M2 Ball

aka .30-06 Springfield