Original U.S. WWII Scarce M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine No Return Before the spin Right waist

Before the spin Right waist Gunner S/Sgt Benjamin E

Coast Guard NCO complete visor hat features a wonderful brass USCG cap badge

while the scabbard looks to be older than the bayonet

The “wedge” frame design is attributed to Birmingham gun maker Philip Webley

Original U.S. WWII Scarce M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine No Return Before the spin Right waistOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M8 grenade launcher, formally carbine grenade launcher, M8, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Carbine that saw use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M8 is a tube shaped device, with one end slotting over the barrel of the rifle, the other end holding the grenade in place. Blank cartridges were loaded into the rifle prior to firing. When fired, the expanding gasses generated by