WWII magazine question...?

Question

During the second world war did any soldiers tape/attach two magazines together to make reloading easier?

So they'd tape them facing opposite each other, simply flip and you have a full mag. Easy! ^_^

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Answer 1

you cant do that with Garand mags or "clips"....maybe with the M-1 carbine but they had a "jungle-clip" that was desigined to hold two opposite for flip flop reloading for the carbine.....held two 15 rd mags toghther like you describe.....tommy guns?..I doubt it...

Answer 2

I don't think so, Tape as we know it is rather modern, adhesives were around but not really as strong or were removable as they are today (when it comes to tape). and they were not really strong until after the war when synthetics became more readily available.

the only real way to get 2 magazines to stick together would be to weld or tie them together and neither would be very practical.

the other problem is, as cool and as convenient as taping two magazines appears to be, it is very impractical and actually could cause more harm than good. an open magazine with the bullets hanging out of the bottom could get dirt and debris in them and easily jam the weapon. and if the soldier needed to lay down the added length of the magazine would hamper him being able to use it efficiently.

WW2 was also the first war with modern machine guns and assault type weapons so more often than not they were treated more like rifles (shot from the prone position etc.) and my guess is most people would never have thought that idea up anyhow.

anyhow,. its an interesting thought, but historically speaking probably just to impractical.

Answer 3

I would say so but would have been a field trick, and probably would have been used mainly on the Thompson and BAR, but thats just an educated geuss

Answer 4

Yes. It was done with the Thompson .45 cal submachinegun and the .45 cal Grease gun (so called as it resembled a grease gun.)