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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 .
This designation was changed to Model 1905 in 1917, and then to M1905 in 1925, when the army adopted the M designation nomenclature. The M1905 bayonet has a 16 in (41 cm) steel blade and a 4 in (10 cm) handle with wooden or plastic grips. The bayonet also fits the U.S. M1 Garand rifle. From 1943 to 1945, a shorter, 10 in (25 cm), bladed version ...
This was the famous M1, or "Garand rifle" as it came to be known. The army adopted the rifle in 1936, and production began the next year. This began what was to become the greatest production effort in the armory's history: during the entire production history of the M1 rifle, the Springfield Armory produced over 4.5 million of them.
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 ...
The M1941 Johnson light machine gun was designed by a Boston lawyer and captain in the Marine Corps Reserve named Melvin Johnson Jr. His goal was to build a semi-automatic rifle that would outperform the M1 Garand the US Army had adopted. By late 1937, he had designed, built, and successfully tested both a semi-automatic rifle and a prototype ...
Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 1941. Medal for Merit in 1944. Jean Cantius Garand (/ ˈɡærənd /; January 1, 1888 – February 16, 1974), also known as John C. Garand, was a Canadian-American designer of firearms who created the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle that was widely used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps during both ...
M1 carbine (Received 230 carbines from Lend-Lease. Limited use) [47] M1 Garand (Garands were issued to certain Canadian Army units near the end of World War II) Ross rifle (Used for training up to 1943) [45] Enfield M1917 (Used for training) [45]
A38 Cal. .50 machine gun AN/M2 (aircraft) A39 Cal. .50 machine gun heavy, aircraft fixed, M2. A40 Cal. .22 machine gun trainer M1. A41. A42 M3 and M3A4 hand cart, general utility [ 2 ] M3 and M3A4 hand cart, general utility. M4 hand cart, M3 cart configured for transportation of .30-caliber M1917A1 Browning Machinegun.