M1 Garand
Semi-automatic rifle
The M1 Garand is a semi-automatic rifle that was mostly used by the US Army during World War II and the Korean War. It replaced the M1903 Springfield rifle in 1936, as the main US service rifle. It has an internal eight-bullet box magazine, which is loaded with clips of 8 bullets. When the last round is shot, the empty clip is ejected, making a "ping" sound. A common misconception (seen in video games such as Call of Duty) is that the clip can only be removed by shooting all the bullets, but the clip may be removed at any time (but it is hard to do). General George Patton described it as the greatest battle implement ever designed. It was replaced by the M14 battle rifle in the late 1950's.
Users
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- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Nazi Germany: Captured from U.S. Army in World War 2.
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Italy
- Ireland
- Israel
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan: Captured from U.S.Army during World War 2. See also: Type 4/5 Rifle
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Korea: Captured from South Korean Army and U.S.Army during Korean War.
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- People's Republic of China
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of China
- Republic of Congo
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- South Vietnam
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- North Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
Other websites
change- WW2DB: M1 Garand
- M1 Garand - Encyc Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine