What weapon would you wield?

I've only recently begun to realise how true this was. Sent at 18 to a very peroquial village, for a farmer to be sent down a filthy hole in the ground, not a good start. He was involved in numerous cave-ins and had flecks of coal in his hands until the day he died.

An incredible man, sorely missed.

 

For close combat the Ithaca model 37 combat shotgun. A friend of mine used one for walking point in Vietnam and he said there was no finer weapon for throwing a lot of FP on an enemy at close range and on short notice. The article says that the Ithacas were first issued in WWII and does anyone know where and if they saw use? ITHACA MODEL 37 SHOTGUN I would guess they were issued for jungle fighters but they might have also been used in urban combat in European cities.
For general use the M-1 Garand was the finest combat rifle of WWII. I shot a repro a few yrs back and it was a joy to handle. Top of my list of "to get" firearms.
JeffinMNUSA
PS. For longer ranges the M1903A1 sniper rifle; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_81IrUsVtg&feature=related

 

M-1 Grand and a 1911 colt .45

 

If I was in the Jewish Brigade? I would do it the same ways soldiers build radios in concentration camps: somehow and with lots of patience.

 

My mother's youngest brother served in the Marines during WW II. While he was on Oahu on his way out to the Pacific, he and another guy were trying to sneak back onto base after a little unauthorized leave. One of the sentries was trigger-happy and shot him in the butt leaving him with a bad limp, and fit only for limited duty. The Marines sent him back to the States where he was put to work guarding various military installations and facilities on the West Coast. He was issued a 12 gauge pump shot gun for this job. The first one was a Winchester Model 12, but later he received a Savage Model 37 pump shotgun. He managed to keep the Savage and left it to me when he died about 12 years ago. He once told me that most of the military shotguns issued during WW II were used for guarding storage and other military facilities.

A few did turn up in the hands of Marines in the Pacific where they were tried in Jungle warfare, but from what I understand, they weren't very popular unless the Marines could get their hands on full-length brass shotshells. They found that the regular paper shells (plastic shells didn't appear until the late 1950's) absorbed moisture in the tropics and swelled up, either refusing to be chambered, or jamming in the chamber after firing. The military started volume loading of full brass shotshells towards the end of the war.

 

Advocate;
Unreliable ammo then? "Ya can't have it. Guns that jam, cars that won't start, women who cheat-ya can't have it." a wise old man once said. A pity the Marines weren't issued more brass shotgun shells-it would have been a great ambush/counter ambush weapon in the jungles. I did notice a combat shotgun in use during the street fighting in Khafji during Gulf War 1.
Thanks,
JeffinMNUSA

 

Jeff, off topic, but just of interest, were you in Khafji or was that just a comment...

I have a great interest in that particular action. Brave guys.

 

Urgh;
No Khafji-I noticed the combat shotgun in the news reels. It was with the team that was on the building. And yes that was one heck of a military feat.
JeffinMNUSA

 

I would wield a
-Panzerfaust
-Panzerschrek
-MP 44
-MP 40
-Gewher 98
-Gewher 43
-Kar 98k
-MG 34
-Bren LGM
-Lee Enfield

 

What strong arms you have to carry all that weaponry! Shame on Johnny Rambo!

 

Rifle: M1 Garand

SMG: Thompson

Light Machine Gun: Bren

Pistol: M1911

 

Rifle: M1 garand with scope

SMG: PPS-43

LMG: MG-42

Pistol: 1911

 

rifle: mosin nagant

SMG: PPSH-41

LMG: FG42

 

rifle: svt-40
SMG: M3 Grease Gun
LMG: Bren
Pistol: M1911
BOOMSTICK: Panzerfaust
Secret Weapon: my MIND

 

Ok. As has been shown numerous times and in numerous similar threads people can make lists of thier favorite weapons according to thier opinions . How about giving some reasons why?

 

Sure.

Rifle: M1 garand with scope - I have crap vision and shooting skills, so I need a reliable semi-auto with magnification.

SMG: PPS-43 - Many authors consider it to the be the best SMG of ww2- light, well shaped, reasonably accurate, good magazine capacity, and utterly reliable.

LMG: MG-42- For predictable reasons. If by myself, I'd like a lot of 50 round drums please..

Pistol: 1911 - 45 cal. ACP, the best man-stopping pistol round.

 

i am not expert in this field...but...i figured, if the Germans make a copy of it, the SVT-40 has got to be a great weapon

the M3 Grease Gun's Aberdeen results tell it all: 97 out of 100.

Bren has got some accuracy rumors, which apparently are not far off from the real thing

Panzerfaust: its lighter than all the other explosive things

Colt: i fancy some stopping power. a .45 seems just so much more than a 9mm

my MIND: faulty as it is, its the only one i got

 

b.a.r.: cause it is a good weapon and also very effective at long range m1911 death in one shot

 

pistol: nagant or beretta 1934 (its just beatiful!!!!)

smg ppsh41--- legendary

hmg .50 cal ----best man stopper still used today...plays a major part in rambo

rifle lee enfield m1 garand k98 all are good fine sturdy weps