USMC Stinger Machine Gun: Medal of Honor on Iwo Jima (Forgotten Weapons)
I have a feeling there's some Marines on here who would appreciate this.
I have a feeling there's some Marines on here who would appreciate this.
Maggie’s The Stinger - made by Marines headed to Iwo Jima
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Very cool.........I would have liked to seen it fired........
My first thought is having to hump that gun in knee deep sand.
Old Corp for sure
Old Corp for sure
When it comes to working out ingenious new ways to have sex with or kill things, or get out of work... leave it to a Grunt. Geniuses, every one.
That stinger looks like fun!
Semper Fi
That stinger looks like fun!
Semper Fi
Couple folks on 1919A4.com have built semis. Kinda wish now I'd picked up an ANM2 kit when I had the chance.
Never too late
Bed sheet or other ways to sling it also worked. The guys in the Pacific got pretty ingenius at times.
Damn you! Actually I've got other priorities at the moment so the spending has to stop. And I wouldn't do that to a transferable ANM2.
Been discussed in Vintage Several times... and we suggested it to @buffalowinter when he just started his 1919 semi project. But he opted to build a Jeep instead! Probably easier.
I definitely would love to build one. But the donor 1919 is spendy!
Heck of an infantry weapon, though! Improvise and adapt, indeed!
Cheers,
Sirhr
I definitely would love to build one. But the donor 1919 is spendy!
Heck of an infantry weapon, though! Improvise and adapt, indeed!
Cheers,
Sirhr
We really are lazy assholes that would rather spend our time fucking.
Thats so Marine Corps right there! Making for efficiency killing machines!
Loved my Marines.
Semper Fi.
Doc
Loved my Marines.
Semper Fi.
Doc
Great video report. I also watched the next YouTube that was on Tony Stein and his exploits with a Stinger.
In the mid-80’s, a shooting buddy of mine, Phil Tillotson, was a Class III dealer. On one of our range trips he brought along a BAR that he was handling the transfer of between seller and buyer. This BAR was made under contract by Marlin and stamped Property Of USMC. He’d set it up on a bench under the rifle shed while we worked with our bolt guns. Meanwhile, the old man who ran the Trap Program at the gun Club was on the trap field mowing the grass with the tractor. As he would get to the boundary area between the trap ranges and the rifle range and before making his turn to head the other way, you could tell that he was looking at the BAR that was sitting on the bench. After three or four more passes the old man finally shut down the tractor and walked over. His first words were, “What have you got there?” Phil said “a BAR” to which the old man said “Hell, I know that. I carried one of them all over the South Pacific.” Phil explained his involvement with the BAR and the need to check it out per the buyers request. In seconds the old man had field stripped the BAR and showed Phil where to lube it, and then re-assembled it. Phil handed him a loaded Mag and the old man put on a shooting demo as only a 19 year old 1944 Marine could do.
I know this is a little off track from the original thread but it is a cherished memory.
In the mid-80’s, a shooting buddy of mine, Phil Tillotson, was a Class III dealer. On one of our range trips he brought along a BAR that he was handling the transfer of between seller and buyer. This BAR was made under contract by Marlin and stamped Property Of USMC. He’d set it up on a bench under the rifle shed while we worked with our bolt guns. Meanwhile, the old man who ran the Trap Program at the gun Club was on the trap field mowing the grass with the tractor. As he would get to the boundary area between the trap ranges and the rifle range and before making his turn to head the other way, you could tell that he was looking at the BAR that was sitting on the bench. After three or four more passes the old man finally shut down the tractor and walked over. His first words were, “What have you got there?” Phil said “a BAR” to which the old man said “Hell, I know that. I carried one of them all over the South Pacific.” Phil explained his involvement with the BAR and the need to check it out per the buyers request. In seconds the old man had field stripped the BAR and showed Phil where to lube it, and then re-assembled it. Phil handed him a loaded Mag and the old man put on a shooting demo as only a 19 year old 1944 Marine could do.
I know this is a little off track from the original thread but it is a cherished memory.
I watched about 15 minutes of that and turned off in disgust. That guy is a moron...
Ian of Forgotten Weapons, however, is legit! His videos are always right on and he has a good presentation style. And access to the real deep dive collections around the world.
He would also make an excellent Civil War Colonel in A movie. I wonder if he is a reenactor??
Sirhr
