Myths you STILL believe about WW2!

Let me know how you pronounce carbine in the comments, and be sure to let me know if there are any other WWII myths that you want me to cover!

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[jcjrsmith]

My father rode a tank as a Forward Observer in the 14th Armored Division during WW2. He was issued a .45 to carry as a weapon. He ended up taking a Walther P38 Parabellum off a German soldier and carried that instead because it was easier for him to get the 9mm ammo for the P38 than it was to get ammo for his .45. Near the end of the war, when they knew they were going to win, his Lieutenant ordered him to carry the .45 again, so he packed up the P38 and sent it home. That P38 was passed down to me along with some other memorabilia from the war, including all of the photos dad took and the letters he wrote home to his parents.

[johnkelley]

Grandpa is a 98 year old marine that fought on Okinawa. They were not issued handguns, in fact they weren’t supposed to have them. Before the Okinawa invasion all the men were lined up and asked to step forward if they had a handgun. No one stepped forward, commanding officer said relax we know you guys have them and need to know who’s got what in what caliber so we can get ammo for you guys. EVERYONE stepped forward
Grandpa had purchased a stolen 1911 that came from a navy officer. His buddy (Jim Mcgillis) had a .45 revolver (yes .45 revolver) his family sent him from home.
C.B Kelley 6th marine div 22nd infantry

[carseye]

My father was in the Pacific. He was issued an M1 Garand but, in being in an area with frequent night penetrations by the Japanese he, being small, was worried that he wouldn't be able to whip the heavy Garand around quick enough in an emergency. He swapped it out for an M1 Carbine out of a stack of weapons of the wounded at a hospital. Later, he got a .45 pistol the same way too. When others mentioned the "stopping power" issue between the rifle and the carbine, he always said "Better to get a bullet into someone than not to get a shot off at all".

[johnathonpease]

My grandpa was issued a carbine in the war but picked up the garand instead for the stopping power he always pronounced it as car byne an i for the longest time used strictly car byne now i use both ways an if you watch the old training films from the war they use byne instead of bean

[weaves]

My 90-year-old grandfather who served during the Korean War in a mortar squad always says "car-bean".
"Car-byne" has always rolled off the tongue better for me though.
He always says "that thing would fire as fast as you could pull the trigger."

[jackneiner]

I found out that the m1 garand is actually pronounced GAR-AND rhymes with errand, an worker of a gun store near me said that someone came to his store and had an m1 garand he needed work done on it and and the worker said “oh yeah I love working on GER-RANDs” and the the customer said it’s pronounced GAR-AND so the worker was like “alright the customer is never wrong” then the worker need the guys name and the customer said “John Garand” and it turned out the the customer was the real John garands great nephew and he said the its pronounced GAR-IND that rhymes with errand. Really good job on you vid, I’m glad I now know about the hand gun

[mark]

It is wonderful that the younger generation has an interest in WW2 keep history alive young man!

[xraydelta]

In his Memoir, "Audie Murphy, A Soldier's Story", Audie Murphy was quoted as saying the M1 carbine was his favorite weapon in a close-quarters fight. He liked its quick firing, and its high magazine capacity of 15 rounds. Hard to argue with Audie Murphy about a subject like that, isn't it? Also, for what it's worth, it's 'car bean' to me! 😉

[lemmdus]

As for 1911A1s there were plenty to pick-up from a soldier that no longer had a need for it. That’s how a lot of them got into the civilian market.

[keithalaird]

I believe a lot of Airborne guys acquired a pistol, by fair means or foul. This was because the original weapon drop cases were designed to hold the M-1 Garand broken down into the three main groups (trigger, barrel and receiver, and stock) rather than fully assembled. While a trained man can reassemble a Garand quickly, even in the dark, hitting the ground with your individual weapon not immediately available for action was a little distressing.

[yaboyblacklist]

My grandfather had one of his sidearms mailed to him during the war, and he used it. It is a Colt Peacemaker revolver. my uncle is currently in possession of it.

[ragingnixon]

One thing band of brothers taught me is that REAL men pick lugers off of dead Germans for their side arm

[ssechres]

Ive Said both carbine and carbine.


Our neighbor was a truck driver in WWII and he mentioned a carbine.

My DAd was constabulary just after the war and carried both an M1 Garrand and a 1911 colt.

[redshogun]

My grandfather was radioman during the battle of the bulge and the liberation of France. He had a 1911 as his main weapon even though he was considered a marksman.

[thepurespartanify]

I used to say Car-Byne but I swapped to Car-bean. The reason I changed how I pronounce it is because I found out the origin of the word is a French word that sounds closer to car-bean. However, Carbine being said as Car-byne looks more correct to most American English speakers. Most languages have the i sound make the long e sound and English is fairly unique in that regard. I think both make sense just for different reasons

[wyattkelly]

I was an army brat. My veteran Dad always called firearms of this type a car-Buyne. Some of his other veteran friends called it a carbeen. They were all from Ohio, weirdly enough.

[orionexplorer]

Even as a Private in the US Army my preferred loadout if I could make it myself was: M16A1 rifle with an M203 40mm grenade launcher, and a M1911A1 .45 ACP pistol and would later make some substutions changing to a M16A2 and a M9 mm pistol since those were the current issue items. Yes, I served from 1985-1998.

[kaydebastion]

I pronounce it has car-byne, though you could argue that it should actually be pronounced car-bean due to it originating from French and German carabine and Karabiner respectively.

There is one pronunciation that has become relatively obsolete these days and I've only ever heard it from a few official training films, and that is "carbon." Like they would actually pronounce it as "M1 Carbon."

[roryfrost]

I'm a us soldier and refer to it as m4 car-byne

[kellyovermyer]

Fast forward, I was issued a side arm. I was a machine gunner and hated carrying the thing around, I always figured if I have to resort to a side arm the survivability of whatever we’ve gotten ourselves into was not good.