M1 Garand
American semi-automatic rifle
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Key Takeaways
- The M1 Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.
- The rifle is chambered for the .
- It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States.
- General George S.
- The M1 replaced the (bolt-action) M1903 Springfield as the U.
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 26 March 1958.
Pronunciation
Sources differ on the pronunciation of the M1 Garand. Some, such as General Julian Hatcher's The Book of the Garand (1948), give GARR-ənd, identical to the pronunciation of John Garand's surname. However, a 1952 issue of Armed Forces Talk, a periodical published by the U.S. Department of Defense, gives the pronunciation as gə-RAND, saying "popular usage has placed the accent on the second syllable, so that the rifle has become the 'guh-RAND'". American Rifleman magazine, while acknowledging gə-RAND as the pronunciation favored by U.S. servicemen, deemed either pronunciation valid.
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