U.S. Marines holding scaled-up models of the B.A.R. and M1 Garand at Camp Pendleton in 1956. These huge models were used to help marines better learn how the firing mechanisms of their firearms worked. The next two slides show both size comparisons and the models with the cutaways all opened up.

Posted by Sensei_of_Philosophy@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 35 comments

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LtCmdrInu@reddit

So these are for the Half-Giants in a party. Maybe for some of the other larger races.

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1leggeddog@reddit

iirc, i think they were also used as punishment if a soldier screwed up with their rifle, so they had to carry that huge thing around

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ScreamiNarwhals@reddit

*not punishment, a corrective tool.

An NCO is technically not allowed to punish someone, only officers can do that. But sometimes corrective tools seem a lot like punishment. 🤷

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I was attached to an armory in the USMC for a while since there weren’t enough armorers for the company. We ended up also getting a cook. He failed his pistol qual so they made him carry a 240 instead of an m9 as his security weapon lol

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Lupine_Ranger@reddit

Kinda based ngl

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ifunnywasaninsidejob@reddit

USMC many such cases

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Material_Victory_661@reddit

They are coming through the wire. Ah Damn, Cookie open up!

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TacTurtle@reddit

Deploy The Chopper

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TesticularNotion@reddit

Saw Dicer

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DetectiveChellick@reddit

Big brain move right there on the cooks part

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BishopofBongers@reddit

When I was in army basic in 2013 they still had giant left over m16 versions that you had to carry around if you misplaced your rifle or moved to far away from it without someone guarding it.

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Johnsoncloud@reddit

At Edson range we still train with them except now it’s a scaled up M-16

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wwhijr@reddit

30mm BAR.

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jrhooo@reddit

bonus detail, in case it isn't necessarily obvious

The training value in having these comically gigantacized parts-accurate models, is that as the instructor stands up at the front of the class, with the 5, 10, 15 students "school circled" around him

the instructor can point out the parts on the model, and the students can clearly see what he's showing them.

Like, if I tried to explain an AR bolt carrier group to a group of 10 you, from 10 feet away

using a regular sized AR, you wouldn't be able to see what I was talking about from your seat

But a jumbo model, you can

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ReichBallFromAmerica@reddit

Browning Anti-tank Rifle.

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HastingsIV@reddit

A local surplus store had one of these. Closed a year or so ago. Hope they gave the thing a good home or kept it as a wall hanger.

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Brostapholes@reddit

We need to stop this white washing over the brave Service Gnomes. They deserve recognition

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Kite005@reddit

This looks like a photoshopped pic but I'm thinking it's real, don't know. But which one of us wouldn't love to have one? I know I'd love to.

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gwhh@reddit

I wonder how many the USMC had built for them?

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Farm_road_firepower@reddit

Sorry, I am rejecting your premise in favor of mine, which is that the first photo is concrete evidence of the success of USMC shrink-ray experiments.

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BeenisHat@reddit

Reminds me of that old film from the 1930s that Chevrolet made about how differentials work.

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Buzz407@reddit

We should have used these images to convince the Japanese that we'd developed human-shrinking capability.

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FordExploreHer1977@reddit

Cool. Now I need one. But chambered in a working .22lr for inexpensive fun times.

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mexpyro@reddit

Those were for Mechs/Gundams they were developing.

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

A surplus store that I used to go to had one of the BARs hanging over the counter. Thing was massive.

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Sensei_of_Philosophy@reddit (OP)

I saw one in a surplus store I go to as well! Wished it was for sale lol

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