Intro
I am doing this report on the M1 Garand for Mr.Walker 182\'s History Class. The Garand is a fascinating World War II semi-automatic rifle. In the sub-sections below I will describe the development
history of the gun, the service history, and info on different versions. I wanted to add diagrams of the M1 rifle but the pictures are copyrighted and I was not able to download but the diagrams could be found at http://www.chestnutridge.com/gchart.asp
Development History
The origins of the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 begin around August, 1900, when Captain O.B. Mitcham wrote to the Chief of Ordnance at Springfield Armory about \"the question of automatic small arms is now being taken up seriously in Europe.\" Not much was done by the U.S. Army until just before and during the U.S. entered the World War I.
Many rifles were tested, most of which were tested were attempts to convert......
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