Charles Whitman
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Charles Joseph Whitman was an American mass murderer who committed the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting, one of the first mass shootings in modern American history to receive widespread nationa
Whitman in 1963
Whitman, age two, c. early 1944
Whitman around 1959 (age 18)
Whitman and Leissner at their wedding in 1962
M1 carbine
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The M1 Carbine is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine chambered in the.30 carbine cartridge that was issued to the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1 Carbi
Charles Whitman
…a.m. – 1:24 p.m. Location University of Texas at Austin Targets Mother, wife, random strangers Killed 17 Injured 31 Weapons Remington 700 ADL (6mm) Universal M1 carbine Remington Model 141 (.35-caliber) Sears model 60 semi-automatic shotgun (12 gauge) S&W Model 19 (.357 Magnum) Luger P08 (9mm) Galesi-Brescia pistol…
The M1 rifle and M1 Carbine share only a buttplate screw and use different-sized .30 caliber ammunition.
81 mm mortar crew in action at Camp Carson, Colorado, 24 April 1943. The soldier on the left has a slung M1 carbine.
A U.S. anti-tank crew in combat in the Netherlands, 4 November 1944. The soldier on the far right is holding an M1 carbine.
WWII M1 carbine with a magazine pouch mounted on the stock that held two spare 15-round magazines