As a result, the Ordnance Board ordered a. This led to a further trial of an improved 'M1924' Garand against the Thompson, ultimately producing an inconclusive report.

At Fort Benning during 1925, they were tested against models by Berthier, Hatcher-Bang, Thompson, and Pedersen, the latter two being delayed blowback types. In 1924, twenty-four rifles, identified as 'M1922s', were built at Springfield. 30 caliber primer actuated blowback Model 1919 prototype. Army Museum of Hawaii Development įrench Canadian-born Garand went to work at the United States Army's Springfield Armory and began working on a. M1 Garand displayed with en bloc clip at U.S. servicemen, deemed either pronunciation valid. Department of Defense, gives the pronunciation as / ɡ ə ˈ r æ n d/, 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 / ɡ ə ˈ r æ n d/ as the pronunciation favored by U.S. However, a 1952 issue of Armed Forces Talk, a periodical published by the U.S.

Some, such as General Julian Hatcher's The Book of the Garand (1948), give / ˈ ɡ ær ən d/, identical to the pronunciation of John Garand's surname. Sources differ on the pronunciation of the M1 Garand. 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. Patton called it 'the greatest battle implement ever devised'. By most accounts, the M1 rifle performed well. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States.

30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand.

Army during World War II and the Korean War. The M1 Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S.

M1 garand serial number history