Show army anny finds garand rifle Is accurate mass production under way to equip men washington the semiautomatic garand rifle comparatively new to the army although designed 11 years ago is being manufactured on a mass production basis basig to equip an army of men war department officials refused to disclose the present rate of production on the ground that it is a military secret and that some people are very interested to know how last fast the garand is being produced and when we will have enough to equip such an army the garand a gas operated clip led fed self loading shoulder weapon has been the subject of controversy tor for some time with diehards die hards vigorously opposing its use despite their objections army ordnance put the rifle through a series of the hardest tests imaginable it received a diploma from the school of the doughboy showing it truly is fit for the wars during these tests the infantry board at fort benning ga fire rounds of ammunition from garand rifles making every effort to duplicate the worst conditions likely to be encountered in an active campaign prolonged firing with the garand does not result in the bruised shoulder cheek and nose familiar to those who have used other high power rifles in all comparable tests between the semiautomatic semi automatic garand and the bolt action springfield shoulder rifle conducted by the ordnance department the new rifle demonstrated marked superiority |