Yes they got a lot of Garands - I’ve seen a few photos - look like paratroopers. Also M1 Carbines were used by hte paras and possibly Australians in the Pacific - don’t know a lot about them… If they were on 30-06 then they would be a complication for the regular army supply train
A lot of 30-06 weapons went to the Home Guard - eg M1917/P17’s, BAR’s, M1903, plus a lot of shotguns often locally supplied from private stocks, Lewis, Hotchkiss and Marlin MG’s, M1928 thompsons with 50 round drums, EY grenade dischargers…
ETA: Apparently some commandos used Garands - apparently this is 42 and 44 comando and sourced from http://www.commandoveterans.org/ - but I can’t find the original:
i’m not denying that they did use it just that they didn’t get a whole lot, right now the highest number i’ve seen was 38k garands was what the british received. i need to look up the numbers for the m1 carbine but what i’ve seen on the wiki was that they’ve used 2 mil carbines
Just to add to hte general mish-mash - how about a British officer instructing US soldiers in how to use the Garand??
There’s a story behind it of course - in October 1942 the sole US ranger unit in UK (1st Ranger Bn) got transferred to the Med, so a scratch “Provisional” ranger unit was formed in December 42, from a small cadre and National Guard reservists from 29 Division to gain experience wit hteh British in raids, etc - they became the 29th Ranger Bn.
ok that’s kind of funny ngl, though we could possible make a unique class just for tunisia called paratroopers where garand and carbine could be given too
Found anotehr article - wouldn’t let me read it at work due some limitation on “gun site” - really hampers searching while getting paid for it that does!!
Anyway - about LL Garands - not muich about actual use, more about what they look like, British markins, etc.
