M1 Garand

U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1
U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1
	M1 Garand rifle from the collection of the Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1936–1957 (as the standard U.S. service rifle); 1940s–present (other countries);
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War II; Chinese Civil War; Indonesian National Revolution; Korean War; 1948 Arab–Israeli War; Hukbalahap Rebellion; Indo-Pakistani Wars; First Indochina War; Algerian War; Suez Crisis; Second Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1958 Lebanon crisis; Cuban Revolution; Bay of Pigs Invasion; Vietnam War; Laotian Civil War; 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War; Dominican Civil War; Six-Day War; Cambodian Civil War; Black September; Sandinista Revolution; Angolan Civil War; Lebanese Civil War; Iran–Iraq War; Afghan Wars; First Liberian Civil War; Gulf War; The Troubles; Operation Uphold Democracy; Iraq War; Syrian civil war;
Production history
Designer	John C. Garand
Designed	1928
Manufacturer	Springfield Armory; Winchester; Harrington & Richardson; International Harvester; Beretta; Breda; F.M.A.P.; Springfield Armory, Inc. (civilian); McCann Industries (civilian);
Unit cost	About $85 (during World War II) (equivalent to $1,440 in 2022)
Produced	1934–1957
No. built	5,468,772
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Mass	9.5 lb (4.31 kg) to 11.6 lb (5.3 kg)
Length	43.5 in (1,100 mm)
Barrel length	24 in (609.6 mm)
Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm); 7.62×51mm NATO (.308 Winchester) (Postwar use by U.S. Navy);
Action	Gas-operated, closed rotating bolt
Rate of fire	40–50 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)
Effective firing range	500 yd (457 m)
Feed system	8-round en bloc clip, internal box magazine
Sights	Rear: adjustable aperture; Front: wing protected post;

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 for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. By most accounts, the M1 rifle performed well. General George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised". The M1 replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the U.S. service rifle in 1936, and was itself replaced by the selective-fire M14 rifle on March 26, 1958.

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