Old war pictures, need more info

[MrTiki]

It is an M1 Garand for sure. The muzzle is different to a Springfield (no gas cylinder on the Springfield), for one, and also the Springfield's front hand guard is much more in line (in terms of 1 consistent gradient) than the M1, which in the image you can see.

[Karth]

Thanks for the information guys, just scanned another photo, can anyone tell me what they think this was?

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Those are the landing boats used for setting troops on land. They became notorious in the war after D-Day, because if the enemy had machine guns, or even just 3 men with rifles, it was way too easy to kill an entire boatload, which I thinkg held about two squads.

Yea that what I thought, anyone know the location or can guess though??

[König]

Thanks for the information guys, just scanned another photo, can anyone tell me what they think this was?

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Those are the landing boats used for setting troops on land. They became notorious in the war after D-Day, because if the enemy had machine guns, or even just 3 men with rifles, it was way too easy to kill an entire boatload, which I thinkg held about two squads.

Yea that what I thought, anyone know the location or can guess though??

Not sure, perhaps immediately before the invasion of an island. As it appears the men to the right are on a larger boat.

[Olafson]

It might just have been taken while walking along a river though.