CmdrSlander
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Just found this elsewhere on the internet, I thought you all would appreciate it.
"Group of US Soldiers Pose with their M1911 Pitstols"
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Just found this elsewhere on the internet, I thought you all would appreciate it.
M2 Carbine
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Pretty cool.)
zxcvbob
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Trigger-finger control is not great. 
CmdrSlander
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IIRC, that and the other commonplace rules of gun safety were really only popularized among firearms users in the 1970s - 80s by the folks at Gunsite and other training centers who got tired of seeing people die in accidents, and to mitigate liability at their facilities.Trigger-finger control is not great.
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Trigger-finger control is not great.
Yea, I count three guys who dont have their fingers on the trigger.
Muzzle control isn't so good either...finger on the trigger and muzzle pointed at the head of the man next to you...
Neat picture though! certainly shows how attitudes have changed
ambidextrous1
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I don't think those men are "officers", as the caption stated. Their caps don't have the metallic braid.
In WWI, the Army supplied everyone - officers and enlisted - in the European Theater with a 1911.
In WWI, the Army supplied everyone - officers and enlisted - in the European Theater with a 1911.
Jim Watson
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Some of those guys look like they had just as soon shoot you as not, too.
LeonCarr
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Looks like about WWI or thereabouts...they are posing with their new-fangled self loading pistols .
Just my .02,
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.Just my .02,
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Nice picture and subtle reminder of times when 1911 was the thing.
mokin
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Neat picture. Back in my teens I spent an afternoon with a friend of my Grandfather's who was an Army veteran who pursued Poncho Villa and later fought in WWI. That was a special afternoon.
Hangingrock
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That statement is counter to the government having S&W and Colt produce revolvers in 45ACP to supplement the short fall in 1911 pistols.
CapnMac
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It's an odd grouping in a way. Only two of those fellows are wearing pistol belts. One of those has a whistle chain, so, he's likely the squad/section leader.
The rest are wearing versions of the modified cartridge belts to carry a pistol magazine pocket. Mills wove belts a pockets short; existing belts had a pocket removed, or an extension of regular belt width added on.; or the purpose-made mounted belt.
Given the lack of suspenders, I'm tempted to conclude that this is a cavalry or mounted unit. They could be a mounted MG or field gun unit--the TO&E for those units would include sidearms for all hands.
But, that's just a guess. Most of the "official" issue for US forces in WWI was not actually ready until 1919. The change from mounted infantry to mechanized infantry complicated the neat, orderly, organized QM Tables.
The rest are wearing versions of the modified cartridge belts to carry a pistol magazine pocket. Mills wove belts a pockets short; existing belts had a pocket removed, or an extension of regular belt width added on.; or the purpose-made mounted belt.
Given the lack of suspenders, I'm tempted to conclude that this is a cavalry or mounted unit. They could be a mounted MG or field gun unit--the TO&E for those units would include sidearms for all hands.
But, that's just a guess. Most of the "official" issue for US forces in WWI was not actually ready until 1919. The change from mounted infantry to mechanized infantry complicated the neat, orderly, organized QM Tables.
Rollis R. Karvellis
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Ah the good old days when life was simpler, and everybody on the internet only argued about how stupid it was for the government to change from the great, and wonderful .38, to that stupid .45 ACP.
jr_roosa
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Nope.
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Sagetown
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Looks like they had just been issued these arms and are showing them off.
Some of the boys act like they've never handled a pistol in their life. A little handgun training needs to be given from the looks of things too.
Some of the boys act like they've never handled a pistol in their life. A little handgun training needs to be given from the looks of things too.
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I suspect they are not a Cavalry unit.
The holsters are the Model 1916 Dismounted (Infantry) holster.
The Cavalry would most likely be issued the Model 1912 Mounted (Cavalry) holster.
The holsters are the Model 1916 Dismounted (Infantry) holster.
The Cavalry would most likely be issued the Model 1912 Mounted (Cavalry) holster.
351 WINCHESTER
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My Grandfather was issued a 1911 starting with the Mexican Campaign and WWI under General Pershing. He was awarded 2 silver stars, but I don't know what for as he never talked about war. He did tell me that after he was discharged after the Great War he still had his .45 and he took it back and turned it in. My Dad told me that he had a lot of horses shot out from underneath him. He lived to be almost 92 which really surprised everyone since he had smoked for so long, non filtered cigs. He used to take me fishing to his secret fishing hole in Pa. He was in the 109th Pa. Field Arty Penn. I have about half his medals and my cousin has the other half. Very crude dog tags, all hand stamped and made of alum.
Looks like a backdrop. Look at the smoke coming from the paddlewheeler. It doesn't look real.
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