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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.
M1 Garand [15] Semi-automatic rifle United States: RPD: Light machine gun Soviet Union: Most commonly used machine gun. [10] RPK [21] Light machine gun Soviet Union: Most commonly used machine gun. [10] Degtyaryov: Light machine gun Soviet Union: Bren: Light machine gun British Empire: ZB vz. 26 [22] Light machine gun Czechoslovakia: Limited ...
The M14 was developed to take the place of 4 different weapons systems: the M1 Garand, M1 carbine, M3 submachine gun, and M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). [1] It was thought that in this manner the M14 could simplify the logistical requirements of the troops by limiting the types of ammunition and parts needed to be supplied. [2]
M1 240 mm howitzer; M2 90 mm cannon; M16 110 mm rocket launcher; M59 155 mm field cannon (then designated M1 and M2 long Tom) M101 105 mm howitzer (then designated M2A1 towed) M114 155 mm howitzer (then designated M1A1 towed) M115 203 mm howitzer (then designated M2 towed) Type 38 75 mm field cannon; Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon; Ordnance BL ...
After World War II, Italy adopted the US-designed M1 Garand rifle in .30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm) and also manufactured it under license. This semi-automatic rifle proved itself well during World War II, but in the late 1950s it was considered outdated and obsolete and the Italian military also wanted a new rifle chambered for the NATO ...
The M1 carbine was also one of the most cost-effective weapons used by the United States military during World War II. At the beginning of World War II, the average production cost for an M1 carbine was approximately $45, about half the cost of an M1 rifle at approximately $85 and about a fifth of the cost of a Thompson submachine gun at ...
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H&R was the exclusive manufacturer of the US test version of the FN FAL, designated the T48 rifle, in the trials to select a replacement service rifle for the M1 Garand, but the US Army Ordnance Department instead adopted the M1-derived T44 as "US Rifle M-14", awarding H&R one of three contracts to produce the M14 rifle during that rifle's ...