On 10/10/2010 11:40 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
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On 10/9/2010 3:38 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:

"Americans went to war with target rifles
Germans went war with hunting rifles
Brits went to war with battle rifles"

Russians went to war with tractors

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Gunner

And the T34/76 was a really GOOD tractor!

However I do wonder what qualifies the Garand as less of a "battle
rifle" and more of a "target rifle" than the Lee-Enfield.

Aside from the rear sight being unnecessarily complicated, the Garand
couldn't take nearly as much combat abuse and keep firing. If your ammo
supply came in belts or 5 round clips, as it might, you had a single
shot rifle.

David