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The Guns of WWII

                “WWII required a massive outpour of manufacturing capabilities” (according to _____) to supply the weaponry and vehicles used during that time. This wasn’t a time for regular weapons, this was a time for war ending master pieces and that is what came. Many weapons, many countries. The three most notable three were the Browning M1918 (BAR), The M1 Garand, and the M1 Thompson (Tommy Gun).

The Browning M1918

            The Browning M1918 was made by John .M. Browning. This was a family of weapons used over seas and by many other countries. It was a fully auto machine gun that replaced many other variants in the war. It has a cylindrical flash suppressor fixed to the end of the barrel, a fixed wooden butt stock and closed-type iron sights, consisting of a forward post and rear leaf sight, adjustable to between 100 and 1,500 yards. It was air cooled and was a 30-06caliber. It got the name “walking fire,” but then was replaced when it was changed to light machinegun and when machineguns with bipods took its place.

The M1 Garand

                The M1 Garand was designed by John .C. Garand In 1901 when America started making semi auto rifles. The M1 saw action across seas for many years. It was bolt action, 30 caliber, and gas cooled. The barrel’s design was changed twice. It saw action in not one, not two, but three major American conflicts including WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It was a sleek, beautiful, and extremely deadly.

The M1 Thompson.

                Formally known as the Tommy gun the Thompson was a fully auto machinegun. It was air cooled. This gun was to be first tested in the First World War but never made it overseas. This gun had a circular magazine that held at least twenty rounds. Since it didn’t make it over seas it was adopted by gangsters and was used for the wrong thing and lead to crime in almost every major city.

                Well that is what I know. There is more reliable information on the web. So don’t stop looking till you find a good website. So hope you liked it.

Here is my latest pesuasive paragraph.

Boy Scouts of America (BSA)

                The BSA is a great organization if you want to learn about the outdoors and meet new friends. They never give up. They are free to join in and they will help you when you need help. You will never be left out, you will always have something to do even if there is nothing else to do, and you help your community through community service. There are many thing I could say about the BSA but not in one paragraph so ill do it in three.

            The BSA will camp outside rain, snow, or shine once a month. They pick great places to camp and sometimes you can fish or swim. They even hold special campouts that include fun events that other troops can join in and compete for a prize. There is even a ten day campout were you meet other troops from around the states. So just to sum this up you camp a lot and you meet old and new friends almost all the time.

            There are many things called merit badges that you can earn to show what you can do. They show you know what you are doing. Merit badges also earn you privileges when you get older like when you are fourteen and you have a certain merit badge you can shoot shotguns and drive a motor boat. So just to sum it up you earn merit badges you get rewarded.

            There are seven ranks you can advance through and here they are in order from lowest to highest: scout, tenderfoot, second class, first class, Star scout, life scout, and Eagle scout. Now the ranks take a healthy mind and body to advance through but it is worth it. If you are an eagle and you apply for a job and they see you got eagle they see you know what you are doing and it gets you a good job and it could pay for your college.

            Well that is what I know from experience in scouting. I encourage you to join scouting and live the thrill of being a scout. I will sum it up you camp and meet new friends a lot, you earn lots of merit badges, and you can prove you know what to do by advancing through many ranks. Well hope my essay encourages you to join scouting.