The M1 Garand or M1 rifle 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...
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the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle that was widely used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean War. Garand was...
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of the M1 Garand was unveiled in 1937 and the first production model was cleared on July 21 of the same year. During World War II, the M1 Garand gave American...
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.30-06 Springfield (section .30 M1 ball cartridge)
be used with the M1 series (for the M1903 Springfield rifle), M2 series (for the M1917 Enfield rifle), and M7 series (for the M1 Garand rifle) spigot grenade...
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Battle rifle (section M1 Garand)
describe older military full-power semi-automatic rifles such as the M1 Garand, SVT-40, Gewehr 41, Gewehr 43, Type 4, FN Model 1949, and MAS-49. First...
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similar name and physical outward appearance, the M1 carbine is not a carbine version of the M1 Garand rifle. On July 1, 1925, the U.S. Army began using...
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War I, and was replaced by the faster-firing semi-automatic eight-round M1 Garand starting in 1936. However, the M1903 remained in service as a standard...
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on the American M1 Garand with an integral 10-round magazine and chambered for the Japanese 7.7×58mm Arisaka cartridge. Where the Garand used an 8-round...
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mine, WWII M1 flamethrower, WWII M1 frangible grenade, WWII M1 Garand, WWII rifle M1 mortar M1 rocket launcher "Bazooka", WWII rocket launcher M1 Thompson...
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.30 carbine (redirect from .30 M1 Carbine)
issue M1911A1 .45 ACP handgun and half the weight of the standard issue M1 Garand .30-06 rifle or the .45 ACP Thompson submachine gun. The .30 carbine cartridge...
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the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1957, replacing the M1 Garand rifle in service with the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps...
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Garand is a French surname. It is most commonly used in reference to the M1 Garand rifle. It may also refer to the Garand carbine, a .30 caliber carbine...
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secondary troops. Used by the snipers) M1 carbine (Received 230 carbines from Lend-Lease. Limited use) M1 Garand (Garands were issued to certain Canadian Army...
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Utility Knife (Marine Corps/Navy) M1 bayonet (M1 Garand/M1903) M3 Trench Knife M4 Bayonet (M1 Carbine) M5 Bayonet (M1 Garand) M6 Bayonet (M14) M1795 Bayonet...
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American M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to replace its nation's bolt-action rifle as the standard-issue infantry weapon. The gas-operated M1 Garand...
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would first adopt weapons and later abandon the concept. Most earlier US M1 Garand rifles were retrofitted with long-stroke gas pistons, making the surviving...
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World War II. The M1941 unsuccessfully competed with the contemporary M1 Garand rifle but was used in limited numbers by the US Marines during the Second...
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M1905 bayonet (redirect from M1 bayonet)
(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 was...
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United States-allied forces were armed with U.S. weapons including the M1 Garand, M1 carbine, M14 rifle, and M16 rifle. The Australian and New Zealand forces...
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claim, in spite of both being designated "M1", the M1 carbine was not a shorter version of the .30-06 M1 Garand, as is typical for most rifles and carbines...
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used in the Pedersen rifle and early versions of what would become the M1 Garand. Developed in 1923 in the United States, it was intended to replace the...
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grenade launcher, M7, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Garand rifle that saw widespread use throughout World War II and the Korean War...
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influenced by combat experience with semi-automatic weapons such as the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine, which enjoyed a significant advantage over enemies armed primarily...
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to replace the obsolete M1 Garand. Springfield Armory's T44E4 and heavier T44E5 were essentially updated versions of the Garand chambered for the new 7...
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5.56 ammo, in association with a speedloader; or the en bloc clip for M1 Garand rifles, among others. Use of the term "clip" to refer to detachable magazines...
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Springfield. Future American rifles, such as the M1903A3 Springfield, M1 Garand and M1 carbine, would all use similar rear sights. The front sighting element...
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offered to the United States War Department as an alternative to the M1 Garand. Winchester Repeating Arms modified the design to a selective fire Winchester...
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Christ minister. He appeared in a local bar, the D&G Tavern, armed with an M1 Garand rifle and bayonet, and later threatened to kill Bowenkamp. The next day...
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automatic battle rifle developed in Italy in 1959. It is based on the M1 Garand rifle, chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO, modified to use a detachable magazine...
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Thompson submachine gun (redirect from M1 Thompson)
Thompson is quite heavy, weighing roughly the same as the contemporary M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, and requires a lot of cleaning. This was one of...
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