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Untrue. The US entered the war with what is wildly regarded as the best rifle of the war. The Rifle M1 designed by John Garand was adopted as the standard serv
by somat 2y ago
Untrue. The US entered the war with what is wildly regarded as the best rifle of the war.
The Rifle M1 designed by John Garand was adopted as the standard service rifle in 1936. and on their entry into the conflict the US was the only belligerent that issued a self loading rifle to the general troop. well, except for Uncle Sam's Misguided Children, they always seem the be last in line to get new toys and were still using the 1903 springfield as the standard service rifle.
Unless you are talking about guns in the strict military sense(artillery) in which case I have no idea how advanced US artillery was at the start of the war.
- CapitalistCartr 2y agoYou are leaving out a major part. Such as that there were not nearly enough. Adopting a "new & shiny" is a long way from all the troops actually having it. My father was in WWII; he was drilling with 2x4s, because they didn't have rifles. The entire division only had two Sherman tanks. A lot of our overwhelming production was 1943 and later.