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7/4/2015 10:33:22 AM
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You kidding? That thing was just as likely to harm you with how it reloaded. One wrong move and you can kiss your thumb goodbye. Imagine how much harder life would be without thumbs.
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Still a good rifle. KILLING TOJO LEFT AND RIGHT PINGING MY CLIP ON MY HEAD
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That pinging clip got people who used that gun killed.
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Not always. Once soldiers and marines realized that the ping was audible to the enemy, they would take up a firing position with fully loaded rifles and clang together two spent plates. The enemy would then rise to fire on "those guys who were out of ammo" and get shot by the firing line that was waiting for them to pop up.
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Thank you, but I already expressed the problem that still exists. It took people dying to the enemy because of that pinging clip for Allied forces to recognize the strategic disadvantage of the pinging clip. But rather than ditch it entirely, they wasted time coming up with ways to use it to their advantage, all the while wasting the lives of more people to a stupid weapon design.
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The clang was a design flaw, and a significant one, I agree. But the weapon itself, it's ease of use, rate of fire, and the fact that it was an auto-loader when most opponents were still using bolt-actions, made it a superior weapon to what was general issue for Axis soldiers. The refinements that resulted in the M-14 and FN-FAL came too late for WWII, but the Garand was a game-changer in its time.
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And that pinging made the enemy think they were reloading and got killed. Your point?
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Yeah, only after the enemy started using the pinging clip to their advantage. The point is that the entire idea of the clip pinging was stupid.
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I am going HAM with. this. carbiner.
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but... I love the M1 Garand. (even if they can cut your thumb off.)
