In late 1943, the Marine Raiders report said the M1 Rifle was more effective than a scoped 1903 in the jungle. The Marine Raiders also acquired about 40 of them and used them on Bougainville. Some of these were used for training pre WWII, and about 20 were used on Guadalcanal. And the islands of Bougainville and Tarawa were the first islands they were used in combat in late 1943.īefore that, the Marines had fielded some of the WWI style Winchester A5 snipers. The first ones reached the Pacific probably around May 1943. Yeah the Marines started to mount the Unertl scopes on the team rifles in Jan 1943. Great pics.So the Marines used the 1903A1 USMC Unertl sniper in WWII? When did they switch to the 1903A4? To be honest I never heard of a 1903A1 until now!! LOL
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