ATTN Mil Surp Purists: Please forgive me, for I have sinned!

[Stoic Socialist]

Seriously.

I want a Tanker Garand. Or an SBRed one.

Thoughts? xp  

[Fresnel]

That's an odd-looking gun. I thought all tankers got SMGs.  

[Inquisitor Brock]

They were an experiment to see if they could give Garands to vehicle crewmen.

And to get an original it's really expensive.  

[Stoic Socialist]

Inquisitor Brock

And to get an original it's really expensive.

And most are made from cut recievers, and are in 7.62x51mm.  

[Floyd]

Not the finest source, but the basic info is correct.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Garand_rifle

Quote:

Two interesting variants that never saw service were the M1E5 and T26 (popularly known as the Tanker Garand). The M1E5 is equipped with a folding buttstock, while the T26 uses the standard solid stock, and has a shorter, 18-inch barrel. The Tanker name was also used after the war as a marketing gimmick for commercially-modified Garands.

Another variant that never saw duty was the T20E2. This variant is a Garand modified to accept Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) magazines, and has selective fire capability, with semi- and fully-automatic modes.

The T26 arose from requests by various Army combat commands for a shortened version of the standard M1 rifle for use in jungle or mobile warfare. In July 1945 Col. William Alexander, former staff officer for Gen. Simon Buckner and a new member of the Pacific Warfare Board,[39] requested urgent production of 15,000 carbine-length M1 rifles for use in the Pacific theater.

To emphasize the need for rapid action, he requested the Ordnance arm of the U.S. 6th Army in the Phillipines to make up 150 18" barreled M1 rifles for service trials, sending another of the rifles by special courier to U.S. Army Ordnance officials at Aberdeen as a demonstration that the M1 could be easily modified to the new configuration.[40][44][42][45] Although the T26 was never approved for production, at least one 18" barreled M1 rifle was used in action in the Phillippines by troopers in the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (503rd PIR).

Several Ordnance commands at various organizational levels in the Pacific also modified Garand rifles late in the war to produce BAR-magazine-equipped Garands similar to the T20E2, though it is unknown if any of these weapons ever saw actual service.

Wish they had gone ahead with the short M1. But the Springfield SOCOM 16 and Scout rifles are a solid alternative people can afford to buy.  

[Inquisitor Brock]

Stoic Socialist

Inquisitor Brock

And to get an original it's really expensive.

And most are made from cut recievers, and are in 7.62x51mm.

I don't believe so...  

[Stoic Socialist]

Inquisitor Brock

Stoic Socialist

Inquisitor Brock

And to get an original it's really expensive.

And most are made from cut recievers, and are in 7.62x51mm.

I don't believe so...

Well, that's what the source I read said. It was talking about the reproductions.  

[Inquisitor Brock]

I don't know why they'd do that, it makes it blatantly obvious it's a repro, and strays from the original, making it less desirable.  

[OberFeldwebel]

I thought tankers were given either M1a1 Carbines or Thompsons with the buttstock removed.  

[Man of the Demoneye]

OberFeldwebel

I thought tankers were given either M1a1 Carbines or Thompsons with the buttstock removed.

That's what I thought.  

[Buki_Actual]

Floyd

Not the finest source, but the basic info is correct.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Garand_rifle

Quote:

Two interesting variants that never saw service were the M1E5 and T26 (popularly known as the Tanker Garand). The M1E5 is equipped with a folding buttstock, while the T26 uses the standard solid stock, and has a shorter, 18-inch barrel. The Tanker name was also used after the war as a marketing gimmick for commercially-modified Garands.

Another variant that never saw duty was the T20E2. This variant is a Garand modified to accept Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) magazines, and has selective fire capability, with semi- and fully-automatic modes.

The T26 arose from requests by various Army combat commands for a shortened version of the standard M1 rifle for use in jungle or mobile warfare. In July 1945 Col. William Alexander, former staff officer for Gen. Simon Buckner and a new member of the Pacific Warfare Board,[39] requested urgent production of 15,000 carbine-length M1 rifles for use in the Pacific theater.

To emphasize the need for rapid action, he requested the Ordnance arm of the U.S. 6th Army in the Phillipines to make up 150 18" barreled M1 rifles for service trials, sending another of the rifles by special courier to U.S. Army Ordnance officials at Aberdeen as a demonstration that the M1 could be easily modified to the new configuration.[40][44][42][45] Although the T26 was never approved for production, at least one 18" barreled M1 rifle was used in action in the Phillippines by troopers in the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (503rd PIR).

Several Ordnance commands at various organizational levels in the Pacific also modified Garand rifles late in the war to produce BAR-magazine-equipped Garands similar to the T20E2, though it is unknown if any of these weapons ever saw actual service.

Wish they had gone ahead with the short M1. But the Springfield SOCOM 16 and Scout rifles are a solid alternative people can afford to buy.

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