World War 2 metal piece I.D.

[Edrof]

I was about to come in and suggest a cleaning tool! Interesting little find.

What else is in the box, tummely?

 

[Efour]

must have been used on the M1 garand too cos m14 is a 50/60s weapon

 

[TheMightyTen]

must have been used on the M1 garand too cos m14 is a 50/60s weapon

Unless of course it was something added to his box of bits in later years

 

[Efour]

well google image search it, its still the same tool on the 1903 m1

https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=62&idcategory=30

but yeah maybe.
tummelv can decide, knowing his grandads military career, Korea ? maybe for an M14. But Italy id say M1.

 

[TheMightyTen]

well google image search it, its still the same tool on the 1903 m1

https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=62&idcategory=30

but yeah maybe.

Good find, I looked straight past that. Wouldn't be a surprise to have a "Yank" souvenir from the MTO since there were closer multinational operations than in the ETO.

Nice little object though.

 

[DangerMoose]

Americans do use the same designation for different items. M14 here may be unrelated to the later rifle.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Americans do use the same designation for different items. M14 here may be unrelated to the later rifle.

True the M3 and M5 from the era being a case in point

 

[Haggisman]

Americans do use the same designation for different items. M14 here may be unrelated to the later rifle.

Surely that depends which floor was built first?

 

[DangerMoose]

True the M3 and M5 from the era being a case in point

From Wikipedia:

M1 Abrams, a tank
M1 bayonet, as fitted to the M1 Garand
M1 carbine
M1 chemical mine
M1 Combat Car, an early tank
M1 Armored car
M1 Garand, a battle rifle
M1 Helmet
M1 mortar
M1 rocket launcher, a bazooka variant
M1 Thompson carbine
M1 Thompson submachine gun

A few subsequent entries are not American so I have omitted the rest.

 

[TheMightyTen]

37 mm Gun M3, a light American anti-tank gun
105 mm Howitzer M3, an American light artillery piece
.50 M3 machine gun, a variant of the M2HB Browning machine gun
M3 Fighting Knife a World War II American issue knife
M3 submachine gun (AKA: Grease Gun), an American submachine gun,
M3 20mm cannon, a United States development of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404
M3 Bradley, an American infantry fighting vehicle
M3 Grant, a medium tank that was a variant of the M3 Lee
M3 Half-track, an armored military vehicle
M3 Lee, an American medium tank
M3 Scout Car, an American armored vehicle
M3 Stuart, an American light tank

 

[DangerMoose]

Seems like an odd system. A number of these examples coexisted in the same era, possibly even in the same soldier's kit.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Imagine the job for QMs and the poor sods on the front line who were expecting M1 Garands and got M1 Helmets delivered instead.

 

[i5aces]

There's a book in here for his pay that mentions 14th/20th King's Hussars.

Thats the regiment I'm
Well The King's Royal Hussars as it is now.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Thats the regiment I'm
Well The King's Royal Hussars as it is now.

Nice trousers



Only joking, much respect

 

[i5aces]

Nice trousers

Why thank you.
They do tend to clash with my wifes hair at mess functions tho.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Why thank you.
They do tend to clash with my wifes hair at mess functions tho.

It's good that the traditions of the Regiments that were amalgamated to make The KRH are being maintained though.

I do always think of the 1968 version of the Charge of the Light Brigade when I see the trousers and mess overalls though