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The M2 carbine is the selective-fire version of the M1 carbine, capable of firing in both semi-automatic and full-automatic. The M3 carbine was an M2 carbine with an active infrared scope system. [12] Despite having a similar name and physical outward appearance, the M1 carbine is not a carbine version of the M1 Garand rifle.
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 original Williams design was redesigned and improved upon by others into a .22 caliber conversion unit that allowed the M1919A1 to be converted back and forth between .30 caliber and .22 caliber rimfire (“Automatic Firearm” U.S. patent 2,108,817 published February 22, 1938). This conversion kit was designated the “Trainer, Machine Gun ...
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 ...
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 When the US Army Air Force .30-caliber machine gun was superseded by the .50-caliber machine gun mid-war, all .30-caliber ammunition began to be belted in M1 250-round belts for infantry use or M3 100-round woven belts for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.
His final design replaced the bolt of a modified Springfield M1903 rifle with a device consisting of a complete firing mechanism and a small "barrel" for a new .30 caliber pistol like cartridge. In effect, the "device" was essentially a complete blowback pistol minus a receiver-grip using the short "barrel" of the device to fit into the longer ...
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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.