The M1 carbine (formally the United States carbine, caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine chambered in the .30 carbine (7.62×33mm) cartridge that was issued to the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. [11]

2020年5月14日 · The “U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30, M1” was the most produced American infantry arm of World War II. And it's back.

The M1 Carbine was designed primarily to offer noncombat and line-of-communications troops a better defensive weapon than a pistol or submachine gun, with greater accuracy and range, but without the recoil, cost, or weight of a full-power infantry rifle.

2016年4月18日 · The “U.S. Carbine, .30 Caliber, M1,” much more commonly known as the M1 carbine, was created in response to a U.S. Army requirement for a “Light Rifle” to augment the standard-issue...

2015年10月11日 · The production of the carbine by Saginaw more efficiently armed a large number of US soldiers during World War II while simultaneously providing a more effective small arm for those soldiers to do their respective duties.

2024年10月24日 · With more than six million made, the M1 carbine was the most widely produced small arm of World War II. But how did it actually perform in combat? Here are the accounts from the men who used it.

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2023年2月10日 · The M1 Carbine evolved to include the automatic M2 and T3 variants, which served in Korea and Vietnam. After World War II, M1s were loaned to countries around the world, too. Created by the U.S. Congress in 1903, The Office of the Director of Civilian Marksmanship (DCM) received surplus M1 Carbines in the late 1960s and began selling the first ...

This early folding sight M1 carbine was used in the Pacific island campaigns in 1944 and 1945. After the outbreak of the Second World War, U.S. Ordnance officers realized the likelihood that the United States would eventually become embroiled in the conflict.

2018年12月10日 · The M1 Carbine was seven inches shorter than the M1 rifle, and almost five pounds lighter. For swiftly moving or airborne troops the lightweight, rapidly firing carbine was just what they needed. American as well as allied troops …