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5 unusual facts about M1 Garand


Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy

Dozens of detailed US and German weapons, from small arms like the M1 Garand rifle or MP40 machinepistol, to large crew-served weapons such as mortars and AT Guns.

High Power Rifle

In service rifle matches, a competitor can only use an M1 Garand style rifle, a M1A (M14) style rifle, SR-25 (M110) style rifle, or an AR-15 (M16) style rifle.

Purple Heart Lane

At first Cole fired his pistol at the Germans, and along the way he picked up a fallen soldier's M1 Garand and bayonet.

Robert M. McTureous, Jr.

Private McTureous was sent to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, for his recruit training where he qualified as a sharpshooter with both the M1 Garand and the Browning Automatic Rifle by virtue of his 291 and 112 scores, respectively.

Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack

He had acquired an old Second World War M1 rifle and 300 rounds of ammunition and had done some target practise in the valleys around Silwad.


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ArmaLite

Based on Stoner's fourth prototype, two hand-built production AR-10s were tested by the Springfield Armory in late 1956 and again in 1957 as a possible replacement to the venerable yet outdated M1 Garand.

BrickArms

BrickArms makes a variety of minifigure compatible accessories including an M4 carbine, M21 Sniper Rifle, M1 Garand, M84 grenades, M1 Helmet, Stahlhelm, Minigun, AK-47, M3 Grease Gun, M16, and a Combat Shotgun, along with many other items related to warfare.

Gas-operated reloading

This system is used in weapons such as the Bren light machine gun, AK-47, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, FN MAG and M1 Garand.

Intermediate cartridge

The Second World War saw the use of the bolt action rifles such as the Mauser Karabiner 98k, the Lee-Enfield SMLE, the Mosin Nagant, the Arisaka Type 38 and Type 99 rifles, and during the early years, the Springfield M1903, as well as semi-automatic battle rifles such as the Gewehr 43, the M1 Garand and the SVT-40.


see also

ArmaLite

The untested AR-10 faced competition from the two other major rifle designs, the Springfield Armory T-44, an updated M1 Garand design that became the M14, and the T-48, a version of the famous Belgian FN FAL rifle.