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U.S. M1 CarbineUnited States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1

This is my M1 Carbine, produced at Winchester in 1943. For anyone who has never enjoyed

shooting with this "toy", the vertical slit in football has a cylindrical metallic oiler which also

serves as a support for the belt. Many remember her supplied to the Italian police, who often

used the magazine "plus banana and" M2 (the magazine that you see in the picture at the bottom

of the page) instead of the "right" of the M1 (which is mounted in the photo above).

The development of the M1 carbine has deep roots. Arises from the use (never officially

authorized) of the Winchester rifle model 1907 by the American soldiers during the Great War;

the soldiers who used it greatly appreciated the lightness of the weapon, and after the end of

the GM the idea of "light rifle" was now deeply rooted in the U.S. military forces.

But the U.S. Army in the 20s and in the 30s had a notable shortage of funds to devote to the

development of new weapons, and the idea was shelved. In 1937, with the greatest economic

crisis now behind us, and with a war looming on the horizon, the Army commissioned the

American Winchester Repeating Arms Ammunition for the development of a semi-automatic

rifle, which was more powerful ammunition for the gun but less powerful than the .30-06 used

by Garand, with a radius of 300 meters of actual use and usable in a weapon light enough to be

given in military equipment to second-line in place of the more powerful but much heavier Garand

.

The requirements of the weapon that would use the new ammunition had to be:

caliber greater than 0.25 inches in diameter

weighing less than 5 pounds (less than 2.5 kg)

semi-automatic rifle with the possibility of being used as a full car

magazine capacity of between 5 and 7colpi.

Winchester developed ammunition in caliber 0.30 ", with a ball of about 110 grains and a muzzle

velocity of 2,000 feet per second. Ammunition was approved September 30, 1940 as" SL

Caliber .30, M1 ".

At that time, the observers were examining the American military fighting techniques that were

put in place by the Germans in the nascent European conflict. Often used second-line troops in

the conflict were suddenly at the forefront, and in these conditions did not have a proper

military equipment to be able to cope with the enemy.

On 1 May 1941 the U.S. Army received nine prototypes of small arms designed to use the new

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ammunition .30 SL M1, including one designed by John Cantius Garand. None of the weapons

submitted passed the stringent tests, and a new series of tests was arranged for September

1941. During this second phase was discarded the possibility of use in full-auto weapon, because

none of the guns submitted was able to meet this requirement effectively. During the first

phase of testing the Winchester had not submitted any prototype, because its engineers were

too busy to run at full capacity the factory continued to produce M1 Garand rifles. For the

second phase of testing the Winchester decided to participate by submitting a project that was

made by combining the ideas of some engineers who worked at Winchester, primarily Eugene

Pugsley and David Williams. On 15 September 1941 the test resumed, and the design of the

Winchester turned out to be the best.

So September 30, 1941 was officially adopted the M1 Carbine, or, to use the official name,

"United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1"

The first contract for 900,000 rifles was assigned to Winchester and the Inland

Manufacturing, which was a division of General Motors.

In fact ... the presentation of the specifications at the beginning of production had been less

than a year, a record for the development of a weapon to be produced on a large scale ... and

just in time, because even six weeks after the United States found itself at war.

Obviously, in these conditions, the Winchester would never be able to produce by itself all the

weapons that the extension of the conflict required, and in November 1941 sold its

manufacturing rights to the United States for the sum of $ 1 for each rifle produced. The U.S.

government increased the amount of M1 to produce 2 million pieces, and gave the order to five

companies:

Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation (Yes. .. that of the Juke Box!)

Quality Hardware Machine Corporation

Irwin-Pedersen Arms Company

Underwood-Elliott-Fisher

National Postal Meter.

In mid-year the amount of rifles ordered came to 4.5 million, with a further contract with the

Standard Products Company, with IBM (just one of the computers, "Big Blue") and the Saginaw

Steering Gear, owned by General Motors.

The Irwin-Pedersen Arms Company produced a total of 3,500 rifles, but none of them passed

the test of the military, and the production of the remaining rifles already allocated was

transferred to Saginaw Steering Gear.

In this table there are data relating to the serial numbers assigned each producer, and the

quantities produced during WWII

Meanwhile, the Inland partially modified the design of the M1 Carbine eliminating the wooden

stock and replacing it with a lightweight folding metal butt plate. While this resulted in an

increase in weight of about 110 grams, made the rifle modified (called M1A1 and adopted May

21, 1942) suitable for airborne troops. For the duration of World War II the Inland was the

sole producer of the M1A1 carbine.

The use on the battlefields of the M1 Carbine had exposed a serious flaw, the absence of

lateral and vertical adjustment of the iron sights. It was thus developed the M1A2 carbine,

which incorporated an adjustable iron sights. In fact, the M1A2 was never produced; production

went on as before, by simply adding iron sights to both new productions that gradually carbines

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already in use.

At the end of 1943 were produced by the 10 companies that had received the contracts, about

3 million rifles.

Towards the beginning of 1944 the demand for M1 carbines was reduced, and seven companies

ceased production between April and May 1944, followed by Rock Ola that ended at the end of

May. From June 44 until the end of the war, only the Inland and Winchester continued

production, although mainly concerned with the new M2 Carbine which was adopted October 23,

1943 and that was nothing if not an M1 carbine which had been mounted selector burst mounting

a charger with a greater number of shots.

The last roar of the M1 occurred August 16, 1945 when, just before the end of the war, the M3

carbine was adopted which incorporated a view suited for infrared vision infrared illuminator

and a generous size and that was to be used for operations night.

In short, between October 1941 and August 1945 were produced 6,250,000 M1 carbines (and

later versions), making this "fuciletto" weapon produced in greater numbers during WWII, and

the weapon produced in greater numbers in the military history of the United States.

The reason for the success is evident ... and 'small, easy to handle and has a nice rate of fire. In

contrast, it was always criticized for having a munition with a power of arrest rather limited,

but this did not prevent it to remain in "active service" in the U.S. from 1941 to 1973, when it

was replaced dall'M16.

In the meantime, he participated in a World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. E

'was used in the Congo, during the Berlin Crisis and during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and has been

distributed to many Western countries that have used it in all possible ways. In Italy, the "not

so young" certainly will remember it as a weapon used for decades by the police.

With regard to the limited power of arrest, it seems appropriate to post a table (with the U.S.

measures) on the .30 Carbine ammunition:

Distance (yds) 0 100 200 300

Speed (fps) 1974 1580 1265 1062

Energy (ft. / Lbs.) 961 615 394 278

Declining

trajectory (in.)0 1.4 7.0 20.5

With regard to the technical data of the M1 Carbine, here are a few:

Weight (download) Kg 2.48

Cane cm. 45.7-4 right-hand grooves

Magazine 15 or 30 rounds

MunitionU.S. Service M1 ball 108 grains, 13 grains

charge

Effective Range 300 meters

I know that it is a bit 'funny ... but as a weapon of the M1 Carbine .... it is rather difficult to find

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the manual.

On the web I found the transposition text format of the manual (manual U.S. Army TB 1.7.23)

and propose again. Pdf.

I realize that ... you could do a better job, but (quoting Banco del Mutuo Soccorso) ... "I wonder

time to time, and he answers me .... I have not."

In anticipation of better times ... here is the manual , which I consider to preclude "in draft

form."

For the M1 Carbine are around several accessories.

Below ... there's another picture of my rifle ... this time with the door-charger football for two

chargers (former) 15 shots, and the charger is mounted a (former) 30 rounds (formerly

because the Italian law provides for the reduction of the number of shots). What is

photographed in the classic door-American ammunition, with its "strips" and some ammunition

antique very well preserved. To remember that even then the Americans not used on the M1

Carbine ammo corrosive.

This below is a detail of the two strips. Each "room" of the ammunition it contained two strips of

10 ammo each, which were separated from each other by the Z-folded card that you see on the

left ... which led to a total of 120 ammunition that could be easily carry over the shoulder.

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