Word: garand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then without warning, in a rocky cleft 88 airline miles northeast of Manila, the mountains were rent with the splat of machine-gun fire. Mayor Ponciano Bernardo of Quezon City stood up to shout, "Doña Aurora is in our party!" A slug from a Garand rifle brought him down...
...from the 50-foot line, which may seem paltry to the former G.I. used to 100 through 500 yard ranges in basic training. Beverly noted, however, that a .22 in the hands of an expert riflemen is just as accurate up to 100 yards as is the .30 calibre Garand...
...Chinese lieutenant general who was advised by an American brigadier general or a colonel. The field units branched off to army, divisional and regimental headquarters, each with its Chinese commander shadowed by an American counterpart. In the lowest rank G.I.'s taught their Chinese equals the operation of Garand rifles, flamethrowers...
More Japs came. Harrell killed two with his carbine, at 25 yards. Another Jap popped into the ravine below. Carter got him. Then his Garand jammed...
...which will fire any type of shell-including phosphorous-has the accuracy of an M-1 Garand rifle, a maximum range of 2½ miles. A heavier (110-lb.) kickless gun also in service is the 75 mm., which is fired from a tripod no heavier than a machine-gun mount and has a range of more than four miles. The Army's most mobile artillery weapon was formerly the 75-mm. pack howitzer, weighing about...