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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 approximately $225. The .30 caliber Carbine ammunition was also far cheaper to produce than the standard .30-06 ammunition ...
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.
The .30 carbine cartridge was developed by Winchester and is basically a rimless.30 caliber version of the much older .32 Winchester Self-Loading cartridge of 1906 introduced for the Winchester Model 1905 rifle. [6] (The .30 carbine's relatively straight case and round nose bullet have misled some to believe it was designed for use in pistols.)
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
All metal-linked ammunition was reserved for the Army Air Force and Naval Aviation. When the US Army Air Force .30-caliber machine gun was superseded by the .50-caliber machine gun mid-war, all .30-caliber ammunition began to be belted in M1 250-round belts for infantry use or M3 100-round woven belts for use in vehicles and tanks.
A11 Lewis aircraft machine gun, cal. .30 M1918, parts and equipment. A12 Cal. .30 machine gun M1918 aircraft; A13 Cal. .30 machine gun M1918M1 aircraft; A14 Cal. .30 machine gun, Marlin, aircraft M1916; A15 Gun 37 mm, and tank cradle M1916; A16 2.24-inch tank gun (6LB) A17 Hangers, pack, gun and ammunition - Parts and equipment; A18 Cal. .30 ...
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The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3), which was developed and manufactured during the period 1917–1918.