U.S. ARMY WWII RIFLE CLEANLINESS COMBAT TRAINING FILM M-1 GARAND 1943 79084

This issue of "Fighting Men" entitled KEEP IT CLEAN warns WWII American soldiers that they must keep their rifle clean, or face the consequences. Made by a Hollywood studio, this is a very polished WWII training film. The premise being that it is told through letters written by soldiers who experienced issues due to their lack of care with their M-1s. The film starts with a re-enactment of a situation in combat where a soldier was unable to fire his weapon due to the mud he allowed into the mechanism, nearly costing him his life. At 2:30, men in basic training are seen being issued rifles and learning how to use them. At the replacement center seen at 2:56, a firing range is seen and instruction, including the famous blindfold training where troops are asked to put their weapon together and take it apart in total darkness. The film teaches more than just how to fall with a rifle, but how to lay it down correctly and keep it clean, because it can save your life.
A 5:37, another scenario is shown as an artillery crew scrambles to move their gun in combat, after being spotted by a German aircraft. A soldier who could not find his gas mask (he left it at the latrine) delays an entire unit and ends up falling into a puddle and getting his weapon dirty. Instead of cleaning his weapon he ignores the problem and ends up in a fix later, when his weapon won't work in combat.
At 9:56, a soldier caught in the rain with his rifle pours oil down the barrel and stops it up to "waterproof it". This backfires when an aircraft appears and he fires his rifle, causing it to explode and putting him into the hospital with a severe facial injury.
"Keep Your Rifle Clean".
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[@jonpierson559]

Anyone else drooling when they were handing out those brand new M1s?

[@dtnetlurker]

Great and amazing training film. I notice the GI uses the older nickled oiler that was discontinued in 42. Good training on how to handle and keep the M1 operating correctly.

[@TheBobwatermellon]

watching this holding my M1 from 1943

[@The_SmorgMan]

TheBobwatermellon 1956 here

[@LoneWolf051]

@@The_SmorgMan HRA 1955 here

[@notoriousbills]

July 1944

[@Patriotusa44]

CMP M1 Special with SA reciever made in 1945. 👌

[@chaseinit1]

jan of 44 Springfield armory here

[@edmundcharles5278]

Great WW II training film- tells it like it is in a no modern day BS dry dialogue! BTW- the artillery crews more often than not were issued and preferred the lighter weith M1 Carbine as it was lighter for their purposes and the artileryman's Main Weapon was their howitzer or gun.

[@JR-lg7fd]

Confusing sentence for the win.

[@cervezadog6957]

The dialogue from those days was hilarious.

[@keyweststeve3509]

That's what prophylactics are for!

[@commentatron]

That, and to keep from making little carbines.

[@brianhansen-hj3ml]

Scenes from the famous ‘Battle of Hal Roach Studios’. There was a lot of choppin’ in that one.. a lot of choppin’!

[@albertseifert6562]

If you don’t take good care of your weapon it will take care of you. Your life depends on it working properly!

[@cirno9356]

Warning about garand thumb not included

[@KM-oi9ks]

Demolition Ranch did Hi point C9 barrel obstructions, filled the entire barrel with cement, glue, solder, marshmellows, NOT A SINGLE GUN FAILED out of 11, last one was completely filled with black powder. I love the M1 Garand, doubtful it would blow up with a patch in the end, but it could happen. Either way, the Hi Point surprised the hell out of me. Oh yeah, he shot it as well...right on the barrel shroud, still functioned.

[@Benny---]

Rifles operate at MUCH higher pressures than handguns. They can absolutely blow up from having crap in the bore. There are plenty of videos on YT of this happening.

[@KM-oi9ks]

@@Benny--- I agree, there are also plenty of videos on YT of them not exploding with a cap plugging the end or a patch barely put in the tip(as portrayed in the video) , or an AR - lawn darted in the mud kzbin.info/www/bejne/oobFnaeraL-qgqs , or mud in a shotgun barrel. Barrel obstruction are very dangerous, squib rounds - no doubt, more speaking as a testament to a POS handgun, and this military video oversimplification (prob for good reason, as people were more simple back then) but yes, it makes the point, and it stands.

[@timnavarrette3274]

Lucky!!

[@johnrudy9404]

While over dramatized for training, all of this is important information.

[@Green-Raccoon777]

As the kids put it: "Although dramatized, the following is a true story."

[@peghead]

The soldier @6:30 was an actor I've seen many times, I don't know his name but immediately recognized his voice.

[@flemmingranch8777]

En god film at se, for ikke at finde på dumme numre......

[@alphawerewolf263]

A great training film but i think a garand wouldn't explode with wadding as a blockage look at demo demon ranch and others that did weapon obstruction vids but none the less a soldier should always keep any weapon clean and ready to fire

[@DrJeffDrJeff]

With a plug in the tip, I wouldn't expect more than the operating rod bending out to the right. It's sensitive to excess gas pressure, nothing else is. Add some bad luck and you can get hurt. Garands are generally considered so strong that when one does blow up, it deserves special investigation.

[@Anvilshock]

Certainly no punctuation seems to obstruct your deluge of incoherent word vomit, that's for sure …

[@markpalka6382]

If you take care of your rifle and treat it right, it will take care of you; but if you let it down it will eventually let you down, which might mean "Goodbye Charlie Hello Saint Peter"!

[@worldwar2historyandgear970]

I poured some oil down the barrel, and I plugged it up. Me- But why, why would you do that?

[@michaelspinelli6567]

Do you own a garand or any weapons from that era?

[@worldwar2historyandgear970]

@@michaelspinelli6567 I do! I own a Garand from 1942. A Mosin Nagant from 1931. And an Enfield No1 Mk3 from 1917.

[@ssgnewt]

you and Joe and Ian from In Range...

[@josephmazzotta8813]

My uncle's had the m1 rifle

[@albertseifert6562]

Do take care…

[@commentatron]

6:38 The dogface that says he does a 'Brodie' into the puddle, falls in without a bayonet, runs to the truck with one fixed, then loses it again as he boards. Or I'm just seeing things. ;-)

[@mj_slender6717]

Dangerous mud hole . Full of stabbing instruments 😅

[@claytonmontanez2262]

This guy getting shot at in a foxhole while the enemy has higher ground “hmmmm. I think I’ll keep my head out”

[@jimsworthow531]

I have another trick I want to pull; I want to pour gasoline down the barrel and make my own flame thrower.

[@paulredinger5830]

I’d like to know how 3 Germans got all the way back to the artillery position alive? Plus I’d of given them a grenade first.

[@Anvilshock]

Dude, you you couldn't even "give" the right word to spell "would have".

[@kirkstinson7316]

Only one problem. The guys rifle had a round in the chamber. It would have fired! Might have jambed after that shot but would have fired. BTW, anyone else notice the German soldier was not carrying a K98K? Not with that stacking hook

[@browngreen933]

When InRangeTV did a Garand mud test, the already chambered round wouldn't even fire. Gun was totally DEAD.😂

[@philb8338]

Pouring oil down the barrel then plugging it with paper? They should have traded him to the enemy and we would have won the war faster :)

[@johnjensen4434]

Poor guy

[@ericpennington6530]

I know it was just a training film. But the dude in this film had no business with any type of weapon. They made him out to be a complete idiot! Lol!#

[@timnavarrette3274]

Great training film. The character ,Mr know it all,really gets to my nerves. Clumsy,twit idiot. Could get someone killed,or and himself. Knew a few like him. Can't be trusted. Anyways, yes, a clean machine is a reliable machine.

[@Droodog127]

Jackass the early years

[@Anvilshock]

Oh, so this _isn't_ about genital hygiene?