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The Savage Model 24 was actually introduced by Stevens Arms as the Model 22-410 in 1938. [notes 1] During World War II the United States Army Air Corps purchased some 15,000 Model 22-410s for use as survival guns. [1] In 1950, Stevens stopped making the 22-410, and Savage introduced the same gun as the Model 24.
During World War II, Savage used Stevens' facilities to produce several military firearms including the Savage Lee–Enfield No. 4 rifle, [16] the Thompson submachine gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), and the Browning M1919 and M2 machineguns. [14] [15] [17] Stevens introduced the Model 87 in 1938, which sold over one million units.
In 1939, Savage introduced the Model 24 combination gun (a configuration uncommon in the U.S.), which sold over a million copies. [12] Savage was one of the few American makers of affordable double-barrel shotguns including the Fox Sterlingworth , Fox Model B, and Stevens Model 311 and produced rifles and shotguns under house brand names for ...
Hanyang Type 88 (Licensed copy of the Gewehr 1888, Standard issue rifle) [63] Type 24 rifle (Licensed copy of the Mauser Model 1924, also known as the Chiang Kai-shek rifle) [63] [75] [76] Mauser Karabiner 98k (Mainly issued to the early German trained divisions) [75] FN Model 24 and Model 30 [63] Vz. 24 (Also used with grenade launcher) [77 ...
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
During World War II, a full metal jacket bullet version of the .22 LR was developed as the T-42 for the suppressed High Standard HDM pistol. [24] The US Army Air Corps procured the Savage Model 24.22 LR/.410 combination gun as an air crew survival weapon included in the E series of survival and sustenance kits, primarily to forage for game for ...
General Liu rifle: Hanyang Arsenal Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool: 7.92×57mm Mauser China: 1914 German Sport Guns GSG-5: German Sport Guns GmbH.22 LR Germany 2007 Gewehr 41: 7.92×57mm Mauser Germany: 1941 Gewehr 43: 7.92×57mm Mauser Germany: 1943 Hakim Rifle: Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54 7.92×57mm Mauser Egypt: 1950s Harris Gun ...
The M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon was a specially-made .22 Hornet over .410 bore combination gun issued to United States Air Force aircrews to help forage for food in the event of a plane crash. [1] It was issued from 1952 until the early 1970s, in conjunction with the M4 Survival Rifle .