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[[Image:MCBrowningM1917-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers fire a Browning M1917.]] | [[Image:MCBrowningM1917-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers fire a Browning M1917.]] | ||
==M1A1 Carbine== | |||
One of the re-enactors of the 101st paratroopers is seen armed with a folding stock [[M1 Carbine|M1A1 Carbine]]. | |||
[[Image:M1A1carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1A1 Carbine - 30 Carbine.]] | |||
[[Image:MCM1A1Carbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A re-enactor with an M1A1 Carbine. Note the adjustable sights, which were not available during WWII.]] | |||
Revision as of 04:37, 11 January 2009
Mail Call is a television show on the history channel in which retired Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey answers letters and E-mails asking military questions from the past to today. Gunny answers these questions in interesting ways, usually showing us the information hands on and testing it for the show. This page covers the weapons he has tested through out the series.
- I have the best of Seasons 1 and 2 and the SNAFU DVD which has select episodes, so this is not a complete analysis of the series. Please wait until I have finished my work on the page before adding more information. - Gunmaster45
Season 1
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand rifle has made several appearances on the show including an episode in which an M7 rifle grenade is fired from it and an episode in which 101st paratrooper re-enactors are seen armed with them. In almost every episode, an M1 is seen on Gunny's jeep saddle.
Browning M1919A4
In one episode R. Lee Ermey tests a Browning M1919A4 mounted on the pintle of his jeep. In most episodes, this pintle is fitted with a "dummy" .30 caliber with no bolt or action.
Browning M1917
When Introducing the M1919 machine gun, war footage shows soldiers firing the Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun.
M1A1 Carbine
One of the re-enactors of the 101st paratroopers is seen armed with a folding stock M1A1 Carbine.
