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The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand .
155 mm gun M1 Long Tom: 155 mm (6.1 in) Towed field artillery United States: The 4.5-inch gun M1 was a variant to fire British ammunition. M115 howitzer: 203 mm (8.0 in) Howitzer United States: 8-inch gun M1: 203 mm (8.0 in) Heavy gun United States: 240 mm howitzer M1: 240 mm (9.4 in) Howitzer United States: Fortress and siege guns 5-inch/51 ...
Lebel Model 1886 ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons ... ©FPG / Archive Photos via Getty Images. Year entered service: 1932. ... M1 Garand ©simonov / Flickr - Original / License. Year entered ...
Type 24 rifle (Licensed copy of the Mauser Model 1924, also known as the Chiang Kai-shek rifle) [63] [74] [75] Mauser Karabiner 98k (Mainly issued to the early German trained divisions) [74] FN Model 24 and Model 30 [63] Vz. 24 (Also used with grenade launcher) [76] Carcano M1891; Mosin–Nagant M1891 and M1891/30 (Received as aid from Soviet ...
©Hulton Archive / Archive Photos via Getty Images. ... One of the most notable guns that saw action during World War II was the M1 Garand, which General Patton famously proclaimed one of the ...
Marlin Model 1891/1892/1897/1939 ©Wikipedia - Original / License. ... M1 Garand ©Wikipedia - Original / License. Approximate Units Sold: 8,200,000. Country of Origin: United States. 13. Arisaka ...
The bayonet also fits the U.S. M1 Garand rifle. From 1943 to 1945, a shorter, 10 in (25 cm), bladed version was produced with either black or dark red molded plastic grips, and designated the M1 bayonet. A number of M1905 bayonets were recalled from service, their blades cut down, and reissued as M1 bayonets.
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