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  2. M1 Garand - Wikipedia

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    Front: wing protected post. 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.

  3. M1 carbine - Wikipedia

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    The M1 carbine (formally the United States carbine, caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was issued to the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. [ 11 ] The M1 carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used by paramilitary and police forces around the world after World War II.

  4. Springfield Armory M1A - Wikipedia

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    Springfield Armory M1A. National Match front blade, match-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adj. for windage and elevation. The Springfield Armory M1A is a semi-automatic rifle made by Springfield Armory, Inc., beginning in 1971, based on the M14 rifle, for the civilian and law enforcement markets in the United States. "M1A" is a ...

  5. .30 carbine - Wikipedia

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    The .30 carbine cartridge was developed by Winchester and is basically a rimless .30 caliber (7.62 mm) 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 ...

  6. 240 mm howitzer M1 - Wikipedia

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    14.3 mi (23.1 km) The 240 mm howitzer M1, popularly nicknamed the "Black Dragon", [1] was a towed howitzer used by the United States Army. The 240 mm M1 was designed to replace the World War I era 240 mm howitzer M1918, which was based on a 1911 French design and was outdated by World War II. The project to replace the M1918 began in 1941. [2]

  7. M1903 Springfield - Wikipedia

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    The M1903 Springfield, officially the U. S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-actionservicerepeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. The M1903 was first used in combat during the Philippine–American War,[5]and it was officially adopted by the United States as the standard ...

  8. Springfield Model 1922 - Wikipedia

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    Springfield Model 1922. The Springfield Model 1922 is a .22 Long Rifle bolt-action rifle introduced in 1922. It features a 24-inch (61 cm) barrel and a 5-round magazine. It was built as a cadet rifle, designed to mimic the M1903 Springfield rifle for training purposes. [1] It was produced in several different versions until World War II, when ...

  9. M1 Abrams - Wikipedia

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    M1 Abrams Block III Tank Test Bed (M1 TTB) was a prototype built in 1983 as part of TACOM's Abrams Block III program (whose purview was to eventually create the M1A3), featuring an unmanned turret with a 44-caliber 120 mm M256 smoothbore gun, three crew members sitting side by side inside an armored capsule at the front of the hull and a suite ...