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Why did American soldiers in World War 2 tap their helmets with a fresh clip of bullets before installing them into their M-1 rifles?
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∙ 14y ago
They didn't. That was something some US troops did in Vietnam, hoping to make sure the cartridges were not in a bind inside the magazine. Among many problems the M-16 rifle had was a tendency to jam, for many reasons, one of which was poor feeding of cartridges from the magazine.
The old M-1 was much more reliable.
Some other weapons in the WWII light infantry arsenal had magazine feeding problems, particularly the Thompson. Most solved this by loading only eighteen rounds in the twenty round box magazines, to avoid over-compressing the magazine spring.
Also, sometimes they did it when they want to find out if it's an empty clip or not. Nothing is worse than inserting an empty clip into a rifle in a middle of a warzone. I bet you watched it from "Saving Private Ryan".
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