USMC Museum - San Diego (July 2017)

Weapons room

Weapons room

Weapons room

USMC Service Rifles

Left to right:

* U.S. Rifle Caliber .30 M1903 (Manufactured by Rock Island Arsenal, Springfield Armory, and Remington)

* U.S. Rifle Caliber .30 M1 (Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Winchester, Harrington & Richardson, and International Harvestor)

* U.S. Rifle 7.62mm M14 (Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Winchester, Harrington & Richardson, and Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Inc.)

* Rifle 5.56mm M16A1 (Manufactured by Colt, Hydra-Matic Division of General Motors, and Harrington & Richardson

* Rifle 5.56mm M16A2

USMC handguns

Left side, top to bottom: British pocket pistol (.50 cal, c. 1775), US M1828 (.54 cal), US pistol (.66 cal, c.1855), US M1861 (.36 cal).

Right side, top to bottom: USMC Colt M1905, USMC Colt M1909, Colt M1911, Beretta M9

Captured enemy weapons display

Left to right: Soviet PPSH-41, Soviet AK-47 underfolder, Japanese Arisaka, German MP40, Soviet SKS.

Note: The MP40 was captured from the Germans during WW2 by the French, who in turn, took them to Indo-China for warfare against the Viet Minh.

The Soviet SKS is a battlefield pickup by Medal of Honor recipient Col. Wesley L. Fox during an intense firefight against the NVA in 1969. At the time of the battle, he was a 1st Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines.

Display for Battle of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943) - 1st Marine Division

U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 with M7 grenade launcher attachment .

Note: The 1st Marine Division arrived on Guadalcanal equipped with the Springfield 1903 bolt-action rifle, not the M1 Garand.

Springfield receiver (Serial 433292, Jan. '42) with lockbar sights

Display for Battle of Tarawa (20-23 November 1943) - 2nd Marine Division

Japanese Rifle Type 100 and U.S. Carbine M1. The "frogskin" camo pattern you see on the helmet cover was commonly seen during the latter part of 1943 and into 1944.

Display for Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) - 4th Marine Division

M1918 Browning Auto-Rifle (BAR) .30 cal

Display for Bouganville Campaign (1 November 1943 – 21 August 1945) - 3rd Marine Division

Display for Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) - 5th Marine Division

Carbine U.S. M1

Display for Battle of Okinawa (April 1 – June 22, 1945) - III Amphibious Corps

US Winchester M1897 shotgun and Japanese sawed off shotgun

Okinawa - III Amphibious Corps display legend

Display for USMC Marksmanship

Korean War era M1 Garand rifle

M1911A1 pistol

Japanese flag captured and signed by many members of C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines (1st Marine Division) at the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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M60 machine gun and other Vietnam era equipment

Edged weapons display

Replica of Carlos Hathcock's Winchester Model 70 w/ 8x Unertl scope

M79 grenade launcher