United States M1 Rifle
United States M1 Rifle
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- Description
- Physical Description
- United States M1.30-caliber rifle.
- Specific History
- John Garand was a civil service employee. As the chief civilian engineer at the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, he invented a semiautomatic.30-caliber rifle known as the M1 or the "Garand." His work on this rifle let the United States enter into World War II as the only country with a semiautomatic rifle as standard issue for its troops. Garand received no monetary award other than his modest civil service salary for the M-1 or his numerous other technical innovations related to weapons. A bill was introduced in Congress to grant him $100,000, but it did not pass. However, in 1941 he was awarded a Medal for Meritorious Service. In 1944 he received a U.S. Government Medal for Merit.
- General History
- The United States M1 Rifle,.30 caliber, is better known as the M1 Garand. This rifle made General George Patton state, "In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised."
- Object Name
- rifle, semiautomatic
- Other Terms
- rifle, semiautomatic; Firearms; Center Fire;.30 In; Rifled; 06; 6A; 10
- licensee
- Garand, J. C.
- maker
- Springfield Armory
- Place Made
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 43 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 110.49 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- AF.84450M
- catalog number
- 84450M
- accession number
- 1978.0623
- Credit Line
- Department of Defense. Marine Corps Museum
- subject
- Firearms
- World War II
- The Great Depression and World War II
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- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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