Is the sound of the clip being ejected of possible help to the enemy or is it helpful to you as an indication of when to reload, or is it of no importance?.“Interviews Conducted on Noise of the Rifle However, the question that prompted this response was rather a leading one (p. They were quite willing to retain the noise of the clip even though the enemy might be able to use it to advantage, because they found it a very useful signal to reload.” Half the men had a nagging fear that some day the noise made in releasing the safety would reveal their positions to the enemy, yet only one-fourth objected to the distinctive noise the empty clip made when ejected. “One other complaint about the M1 was the noise made by the safety. “The noise caused by ejection of the empty clip from the M1, despite the fact that at close range it could be heard by the enemy, was considered valuable by the rifleman as a signal to reload.” On page five we read the conclusion that: This was an effort by the Operations Research Office of the John Hopkins University to gather feedback on the practical usage of US military weapons in the then-current Korean War. 1952 Technical Memorandum (ORO-T-18 (FEC)), entitled ‘Use of Infantry Weapons and Equipment in Korea’, was written by G.N. This is proven by a fascinating document uploaded by the Garand Collector’s Association. There is no doubt whatever that whether this ever happened or not, quite a lot of soldiers in the ‘40s and ‘50s clearly did believe that this quirk of their rifle posed a real threat. Sometimes, myths intrude into reality by being thoroughly embedded in thought and practice. However, this situation is more complicated than just the bare facts. Canfield has done online, in no uncertain terms. At this point, one would normally call ‘case closed’ as Garand expert Bruce N. It’s almost impossible to find a first-hand account either it’s always a relative, a friend, or a friend-of-a-friend, and being told and retold decades after the fact. This is typified by an exchange in ‘American Rifleman’ magazine in 2011/12 (reproduced here). As Bloke points out, there is no actual historical evidence for this ever having happened, and for every claim that a veteran experienced it, there is an ‘equal and opposite veteran’ making a claim to the contrary. At all but the closest ranges, this really is a myth and a total non-issue. More importantly, the Bloke shows how easy and quickly one could reload following the ‘ping’. Even if a German or Japanese soldier did manage to take advantage of the ‘ping’ window of opportunity, he’s likely to get shot by another GI. Not to mention the obvious fact that soldiers rarely fight alone. Soldiers have only recently begun to wear any kind of hearing protection at all, which would have made such a noise even more difficult to detect. The Bloke shows just how difficult it would be to even hear the ‘ping’, without the various other loud noises associated with battle. Tactical trainer Larry Vickers recreated a scenario for his ‘TAC TV’ series, and more recently YouTuber ‘ Bloke on the Range’ has tackled the myth. However, there’s a bit more to it than that…Ī lot of ink and pixels have been expended arguing the ‘M1 ping’ myth back and forth, and some have even tried to practically demonstrate why it’s a silly idea. The notion of this ‘ping’ being a fatal flaw is a myth, in that there’s no evidence that it endangered infantrymen.
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These were inserted into the open action from the top and retained inside the weapon until the last round was fired, at which point the clip would eject (along with the final fired cartridge case) with a distinctive ‘ping’ sound (you can clearly hear this in the movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’, for example, and see it in slow motion in this Forgotten Weapons video). Instead it was loaded with eight round metal en bloc clips. The M1 ‘Garand’ was ahead of its time as a military self-loading rifle, but unlike modern rifles it did not feature detachable box magazines. One of the most persistent firearm myths is that American soldiers fighting in the Second World War (or later, in the Korean War) were at substantial risk of being identified and engaged by the enemy because of the distinctive ‘ping’ sound made by ejection of clips from their issued rifles.
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