+1 on that Gene!
At a encounter of 600meters,I'd be calling in arty,60mm,81mm and 4.2" mortars(now it would be 120mm instead of 4.2) to deal with that range!
I have to find it quite laughable when someone talks of a "tanker-style" rifle.
In 1944 the M1E5 with it's short barrel and folding metal stock.
It was abandoned due to it large report and huge muzzle flash,during the summer of 1944.
During the 1950's(after Patton's death)Robert E Penny jr acquired Garand scrap receivers and had between ten and twenty thousand receivers welded back together.
This is where the "tanker Garand" came about as Mr. Penny envisioned a shorter model rifle to fit inside the turret,the model T26.
The short Garands tested for the Army during WWII were not for tank crews but for airborne and jungle-fighting troops!
During WWII the M3(stuart not grant/lee) and M5 tanks were given for crew personal weapons the M1928A1,M1,M1A1,M3 45cal submachineguns.
No Garands on Shermans either just Thompsons and "grease-guns".
Mike
