You did not understand me? I said, US Army was fully equiped at start of war, that is end of 1941.
Springfield have been in frontline use mainly with US Marines as they always had worse equipment than Army. But here you go.
First we have soldier with M1 in Battan, that is Philippines, start of 1942:
The 1st Ranger Battalion marching over hilly Algerian terrain in late January 1943, shortly before the raid against an Italian outpost at Sened Station in southern Tunisia.
Crewman with an American anti-tank gun watch for attacking German tanks near Sidi bou Zid, February 14, 1943, in the early hours of the Axis counteroffensive that led to Kasserine Pass.
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry Regiment-part of Terry Allen’s 1st Division-head east through Kasserine Pass on February 26, 1943, after Rommel’s withdrawal.
Garands… Garands everywhere.
M1 Garand was the standard issue rifle of the US yet people come here with basic sceptisism to prevent SA rifles (and even one of the most famous guns of WW2).
USA was not 100% equiped with Garands, the majority of the troopers fighting in Africa where equiped with the Springfield but the Garand was there in significant numbers. It was halfway 1944 during the Italy campaign that the army was fully equiped with the Garand.
Ofc not. But as you stated the gun saw service there.
Alied side on current campaign goes with british and us soldiers. So I don’t mind having garands to play with.
How we equip them on our soldiers lays on our decisions.
Some want to go historical, others (me for example) don’t mind having a British soldier running around with one.
Ontopic: no, both weapons saw service there, both shall stay and be used in-game. There are countless other options to add on the campaign levels. Hopefully we will see more and more content as the game progresses.
Oh for sure, forgot to reply to the person it was intended for. He said the US army was fully equiped with them.
I agree fully it should be there and people choose what to use.
I use a combo of Garand and Lee enfield in Normandy as well, will most likely be the same in Tunesia.