#251-Garand Picture of the Day - 5th Army in Italy

[Mark in Rochester]

US Fifth Army In Italy
Amer. infantrymen chatting as they assemble & try out rifles they have chosen at hillside ammunition & supply station overlooking valley & the hills beyond on the Italian front in the Appennine Mountains.
Location: Italy
Date taken: April 1945
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White


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[PhrogPilot]

Is that one of the short Reising SubMachineguns sitting on the makeshift table???

[Embalmer]

looks like a thompson. wonder why the guy in background is firing a carbine with bayonet attached..

[Too Much Coffee]

I bet you can't hit that rock with your bayonet attached? Oh, yea I can! And the match is on!

[DAVEB47]

The compensator on the end made me think Reising as well but I thought they were just used by the Marines.

[Embalmer]

its the 1928 thompson with compensator (non m1 m1a model). look closely its laying on its back, and you can see its pistol grip :)

[emmagee1917]

... with the butt removed. Note the two mags on the table. Also , in background is an M1 carbine with a M8 grenade launcher on it , and a M1 Garand with an AT grenade on it. To the side is an M1 Carbine with an AT grenade on it and you can just see the end af a very early bazooka ( note the foregrip and the front sight block on the one side only). Note too , that the BAR has it's bipod removed ( center of pic on canvas covering ). Lots of neat stuff in this one. Chris