Sinistral's attitude of "Anything For The Shekels" is so repulsively jewish that I have a hard believing that he doesn't have a Shlomo Coinblattsteingbergwitzman in his family tree.
That rape gang has 2A rights too!
A better mag for the M1 would help tremendously. Those things were basically disposable at the end of the day; having the guys at Wilson combat or something revamp that would probably improve performance overnight. Remember, 30 carbine has as much power at 100 yards as 357 at the muzzle; power ain't the issue, reliability and getting rounds down range is.
Most of the guys weren't even aiming or using their sights either. 37% of guys in combat in Korea admitted to never having used their sights once in combat.
The M1/M2 Carbines themselves together with the .30 Carbine cartridge would have you outranged by AKMs, so together with the not very good magazines I would foresee a lot of getting raped any time you get engaged past its modest 200yd effective range.
Did not know it was as bad as that, but yes, a lot of the issues is just plain not hitting at all. On the M2 Carbine, the light weight, dropped stock, and high cyclic rate all make it a bit intense in full-auto fire, and having heard of many people trying to use the full-auto at extended ranges in said conflict, I imagine most never scoring a hit trying to shoot a Communist moving somewhere in the distance. .30 Carbine also is just not a powerhouse at long range, so even scoring a hit is likely to produce lacking results.
Yeah, I can definitely see how someone like an RTO or assistant gunner would probably appreciate it. I'd wager only having a sidearm in a hot zone sucks, but I'm sure carrying a Garand plus extra 06 on top of all the shit you're already carrying is just the pits.
I've had a L9 on my pickup list for a while. Very pleasant pistol to shoot.
That's the core concept. The M1 and M1A1 were long and very heavy, so carrying that shit all the time which you were unlikely to actually have to use would be annoying and takes up guns which the grunts could be using, while having only a sidearm (which is limited at best past close ranges even if you're actually good with it), leaves you shit out of luck if you actually do get into a firefight. It's essentially the PDW before H&K and FN Herstal marketed the MP7 and P90 with that moniker.
That was the whole impetus behind the small caliber high velocity solicitation (SCHV) the army had in the late 1950's. If you look at the requirements there's a lot of reference to the M1 carbine. The weight requirement was 6 lbs loaded (M1 carbine loaded weight), the length desirable target was 35.6 inches (M1 Carbine's length), the effective range was 500 yards of helmet penetration (so there would be no ambiguity like with the M1 carbine and far enough that no one would complain), and it would be more than the "300" on the M1 carbine. Funny enough there's some suggestion that the Marines push for the M16A2 and the M855 was out of a fear of the AK-74 outranging the M16A1 (from initial CIA FOMCAT estimates) and they simply hopped on the more euro-centric SS109/M855 standardization which had a significantly higher effective range in terms of helmet penetration. What's also interesting is that the M1 carbine ballistically is almost identical to a Rattler firing .300 BLK. Using a 110 gr. .30 cal projectile both end up with just under 2000 fps and have similar effective ranges.
Right. Didn't Melvin Johnson try to pitch his 5.7mm MMJ cartridge for that? .30 Carbine necked down to .22 caliber, with Plainfield Machine providing M2 Carbines chambered for it.
Karl, I know you're reading this. Your dickless commie larp is doomed to failure
