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    The M1 carbine (formally the United States carbine, caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was issued to the U.S. military during...
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    The .30 carbine (7.62 × 33 mm) is a rimless carbine/rifle cartridge used in the M1 carbine introduced in the 1940s. It is a light rifle round designed...
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    being designated "M1", the M1 carbine was not a shorter version of the .30-06 M1 Garand, as is typical for most rifles and carbines, but it was a wholly...
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    general way to serve the same purpose as the U.S. carbine" and was in many ways inferior to the M1 carbine, and was of "little importance". After World War...
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    "U.S. Carbine/Cal. .30 M1E5/Springfield/Armory/1". It was designated as a carbine and not a rifle. Other than the folding stock, the basic M1 rifle was...
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    Carbine. Responding to a request for further simplification, the M1 was standardized in April 1942 as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M1....
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    practice of "jungle style" magazines originated in World War II for the M1 carbine, M3 "Grease Gun", and Thompson submachine gun. Audie Murphy, one of the...
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  • Garand carbine was John Garand's entry during the Light Rifle program that produced the M1 Carbine. The weapon was chambered in the .30 Carbine round and...
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    not otherwise equipped with a bayonet, including soldiers issued the M1 carbine or a submachine gun such as the M3 submachine gun "grease gun". The M3...
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    Melvin M. Johnson developed a conversion of the M1 Carbine (by either relining or re-barreling the M1 Carbine) to a .224 caliber bore, using bullets commonly...
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