M1 Garand
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"Garand" redirects here. For other uses, see Garand (disambiguation).
The M1 Garand or M1 rifle[nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.
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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.[14] By most accounts, the M1 rifle performed well. General George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised".[15][16] The M1 replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the U.S. service rifle in 1936,[17] and was itself replaced by the selective-fire M14 rifle on March 26, 1958.[18]