United States M1 Rifle
name: label: licensee
content: Garand, J. C.
label: maker
content: Springfield Armory
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: United States M1 .30-caliber rifle.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: John Garand was a civil service employee. As the chief civilian engineer at the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, he invented a semiautomatic .30-caliber rifle known as the M1 or the "Garand." His work on this rifle let the United States enter into World War II as the only country with a semiautomatic rifle as standard issue for its troops. Garand received no monetary award other than his modest civil service salary for the M-1 or his numerous other technical innovations related to weapons. A bill was introduced in Congress to grant him $100,000, but it did not pass. However, in 1941 he was awarded a Medal for Meritorious Service. In 1944 he received a U.S. Government Medal for Merit.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The United States M1 Rifle, .30 caliber, is better known as the M1 Garand. This rifle made General George Patton state, "In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised."
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of Defense. Marine Corps Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.84450M
label: catalog number
content: 84450M
label: accession number
content: 1978.0623
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle, semiautomatic
label: Other Terms
content: rifle, semiautomatic; Firearms; Center Fire; .30 In; Rifled; 06; 6A; 10
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 43 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 110.49 cm x 8.89 cm