Garand inspects an early model of his M1 "Garand," chief combat rifle of World War II and Korea ... Although this required a shorter rear hand guard than in the standard military rifle, wood ...
30, M1,” popularly known as the “Garand” after its inventor, John C. Garand. The M1 was the primary American service rifle during World War II and the ... to its trigger, optics-mounting ...
A hammer, cocked by the returning bolt, was then released by the trigger to strike ... lot of the military hardware of World War II—everything from the M1 Garand to the M4 Sherman tank to ...