"Famous Meuse-Argonne photo" Topic
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| mwindsorfw | 10 Nov 2018 8:09 a.m. PST |
There is a famous photo of U.S. Marines firing a machine gun in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918. What weapon are they firing? It looks like a machine gun with one barrel above, and slightly separated from the lower one. |
| khanscom | 10 Nov 2018 8:52 a.m. PST |
BAR perhaps? A link to the photo would help. |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 10 Nov 2018 8:54 a.m. PST |
If the crew are prone, facing left amid shattered trees,
I think I know the one you mean, and if so, I recall it's a 37mm gun, TVAG |
| mwindsorfw | 10 Nov 2018 9:10 a.m. PST |
link The photo is near the top. I had not seen the photo in Wikipedia, and it says a 37mm gun. |
| monk2002uk | 10 Nov 2018 12:08 p.m. PST |
Yes, it is the French 37mm infantry gun. Robert |
Eleve de Vauban  | 10 Nov 2018 12:12 p.m. PST |
This is a French 37mm cannon, designed in 1916 for use by infantry in the trenches. |
 ColCampbell | 10 Nov 2018 12:51 p.m. PST |
Yes, it is. And even a good friend of mine who is a historian misidentified it in a program he gave last Wednesday. Jim |
| khanscom | 10 Nov 2018 12:54 p.m. PST |
Not the right photo, but it may be of interest anyway:
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| Walking Sailor | 10 Nov 2018 3:01 p.m. PST |
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| Tgunner | 10 Nov 2018 6:29 p.m. PST |
Those aren't marines according to the caption. They are doughboys of the 23rd Infantry. Here's another pic of the weapon itself:
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