Original U.S. WWII M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine with 4 Unissued Cartridge Packages Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets WWII 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion

WWII 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion Grouping - Bronze Star with Citation

Aside from the minor moth nips that we see in the blue piping (see photos)

indicating the sword was accepted for use by the Royal Navy

Army service

Original U.S. WWII M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine with 4 Unissued Cartridge Packages Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets WWII 601st Tank Destroyer BattalionOriginal Item: Only One Set Available. The M8 grenade launcher, formally carbine grenade launcher, M8, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Carbine that saw use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M8 is a tube shaped device, with one end slotting over the barrel of the rifle, the other end holding the grenade in place. Blank cartridges were loaded into the rifle prior to firing. When fired, the expanding gases generated