Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "1911 vs M1 Carbine in a Practical Match" video.

  1. My dad was a corporal in the artillery during the war. The enlisted guys in his battery all had carbines. Always cracked dad up, when he would be walking along and a group of infantry guys would see him from a distance, and mistake him for an officer, because of the carbine. As the carbine was originally intended to be capable of full auto fire, and later was produced with that option, and combined a shorter barrel and lighter cartridge, can it be argued that the carbine was actually the first assault rifle?
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  2. That's interesting. My dad was in the artillery, and was issued a carbine. He commented that the carbine wasn't worth a hoot with grenades, compared to a Garand, because of the weak cartridge.
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