THE PRECURSOR
James Speraw, an Army curator, shows Joseph W. Westphal, then undersecretary of the Army, a T3E2 semiautomatic, .276-caliber experimental rifle at the Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in 2012. This rifle, developed by John Garand at Springfield Armory, was the precursor to the M1 rifle of WWII fame. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller)
THE PRECURSOR
James Speraw, an Army curator, shows Joseph W. Westphal, then undersecretary of the Army, a T3E2 semiautomatic, .276-caliber experimental rifle at the Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in 2012. This rifle, developed by John Garand at Springfield Armory, was the precursor to the M1 rifle of WWII fame. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller)