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What were the weapons of American infantry during World War II?
M 1 rifle

The M 1 Garland rifle (official name: American rifle, caliber .30, M 1) is named after its designer John Naisford Garland.

M 1 rifle has its own characteristics. A steel magazine with eight bullets in double rows is pressed into the magazine from the top. When the last bullet is fired, the empty magazine hangs up, and the magazine will be automatically ejected by the magazine remover, and a sound will be made to remind the soldiers to reload. Sometimes, the bullets in the magazine are not necessarily aligned with the opening of the magazine. In order to aim the bullet at the opening, soldiers often knock on their helmets several times to aim the bullet at the opening. Once the magazine is pressed, it is inconvenient to reload it before it is used up. As a semi-automatic rifle, the magazine capacity is too small.

After the M 1 rifle was put into production, the speed of the troops that just started to produce equipment was very slow. As the United States entered World War II with 194 1, the output of Garland rifles soared. M 1 rifle has high reliability, high shooting accuracy and convenient disassembly and cleaning. Facts have proved that this is a reliable, durable and effective rifle. It is recognized as the best rifle in World War II. Infantry weapons was the main force of American troops in World War II and Korean War. George patton, a famous American general, rated it as "the greatest fighting weapon that has ever appeared".

Garland rifles are equipped with armies of many countries. It was not until 1957 that the M 14 automatic rifle was installed that the Garland rifle retired from active service. As an alternative, M 14 automatic rifle still retains many characteristics of Garland rifle.

1944, Springfield Arsenal added 2.5 times of special accessories such as sight, muzzle flame suppression and cheek pad on the basis of Garland rifle, and named it Garland M 1 sniper rifle.

Type: semi-automatic rifle

Diameter: 7.62 mm

Ammunition: .30-06 Springfield rifle bullet (7.62× 63mm rifle bullet)

Magazine capacity: 8 rounds

Bolt: air guide, rotary locking bolt.

Full length:1.1m.

Barrel length: 6 10/0mm

Initial speed: 865 m/s

Empty gun weight: 4.3kg.

Effective range: 730 meters

Collimator: keyhole door

Output: about 5.5 million.

M 1 carbine

M 1 carbine is a semi-automatic carbine. One of the most widely used weapons in the United States in World War II. It is the first carbine specially designed and mass-produced in the history of firearms according to the accepted definition of carbine.

1938, the us army required officers, noncommissioned officers, drivers, gunners, signal soldiers and other personnel who were inconvenient to carry rifles to be equipped with a light weapon with a mass of no more than 2.5 kilograms as a light self-defense weapon to replace pistols and submachine guns. 1940, the US military approved the development plan. The sample guns and ammunition designed by Winchester Lianfa Weapons Company were selected by the U.S. military, fixed at 194 1, named M 1 carbine, and entered the armed forces in active service in 1942. Until the end of World War II, the output of M 1 carbine * * * was close to six million.

M 1 carbine

Type: carbine, semi-automatic

Origin: USA

Production cycle: 194 1 September-1945 August.

Variant guns: M 1A 1, M 1A3, M2 and M3.

The output is 6.25 million

Diameter: 7.62 mm

Ammunition: M 1 .30 carbine.

Magazine capacity: 15 rounds or 30 independent magazines.

Bolt: air guide, rotary locking bolt.

Total length: 904 mm

Barrel length: 458 mm

Weight: 2.36 kg

Firing rate: 750 rounds per minute (M2)

Initial speed: 585 m/s

Effective range: 300 meters

Thomson submachine gun is a short barrel, shoulder-fired or hand-held light weapon, which is equipped in infantry, paratroopers, scouts, artillery, motorcycle infantry, air force and navy. The submachine gun is an impact and shock-resistant assault weapon, which played an important role in the first two world wars. The basic characteristics of submachine guns can be summarized as: small size, light weight, flexibility and portability, large carrying capacity and fierce firepower. However, due to the small power of submachine guns, short effective range and poor shooting accuracy, and the advent of one-step assault rifles, their tactical status gradually declined after World War II. Judging from the development momentum of foreign light weapons, in addition to micro, light and micro-sound submachine guns, conventional submachine guns will be replaced by small-caliber assault rifles.

operating characteristic

Caliber-11.43mm (0.45in)

Initial speed-282m/s

Cabin pressure-138.6 kPa

Range of ruler-

M 1928A 1 formula-549m

M 1 and M 1A 1-183m.

Effective range -200 meters

Muzzle kinetic energy -569 j

Combat firing rate-

Single shot -40 rounds per minute

Continuous shooting-120 rounds per minute

Automatic mode-

M 1928A 1 type-semi-free bolt type

M 1 and m 1a 1- free bolt types.

Launch mode-single launch, continuous launch

Ammunition supply mode-magazine and drum.

Ammunition capacity-

Magazine -20 rounds, 30 rounds

Drumming-50 rounds, 100 rounds.

Browning light machine gun

Working mode: semi-automatic.

Diameter: 0.30 inch (7.62 mm)

Magazine: 20 rounds

Introduction:

The original model M 19 18 Browning automatic rifle (BAR) was first used as an automatic rifle by American soldiers in World War I, and its reliability in harsh environment made it gain a high reputation. 1940 put into use M 19 18A2 model. Different from the earlier models, it has only two shooting modes in full automatic mode: 300-450 rounds/minute in slow mode; Fast mode 500-650 rounds/minute; There is no semi-automatic way. This model became a Browning light machine gun and was widely used in World War II. And you can see it in many movies. The gun is a model of the perfect combination of fast firepower and penetration. Its biggest disadvantage is that the barrel is overheated during continuous firing, and it lacks the function of quickly replacing the barrel.