M1941 Johnson rifle

M1941 Johnson Rifle - .30-06.

Characteristics

The Johnson rifle was developed in 1939 by Melvin Johnson, who was promoting the weapon design to the U.S. Army prior to World War II. Variants of the rifle were delivered to the U.S. Marines fighting in the Pacific, however, the overall design for a semiautomatic Infantry rifle went to (and stayed with) the M1 Garand Rifle which had been formally adopted in 1937. The Johnson was formally adopted in small numbers in 1941, thus the rifle was then called the M1941 Johnson Rifle. It had a unique rotary 10 round magazine, however the recoil operation (versus the gas operation of the Garand) required a moving barrel, which made it unsuitable for bayonet usage and also made the weapon a bit more fragile than the sturdy Garand. A light machine gun variant was also used and shipped to some client nations abroad as well as used in small numbers by Marines and U.S Special Forces in the 1950s-1960s.

See also: M1941 Johnson machine gun

Specifications

• Weight: 9.5 lb (4.31 kg)
• Length: 45.87 in (1,165 mm)
• Barrel length: 22 in (559 mm)
• Cartridge: .30-06 Springfield, 7x57mm Mauser
• Action: Short-recoil, rotating bolt
• Muzzle velocity: 2,840 ft/s (866 m/s)
• Feed system: 10 round cylindrical magazine
• Sights: Adjustable Iron Sights

The M1941 Johnson rifle or it's variants has been seen in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Domino Principle		Unknown Assassin	With sniper scope	1977
Assembly (Ji jie hao)	Baoqiang Wang	Jiang Maocai		2007
Assembly (Ji jie hao)		Nationalist Chinese sniper	With sniper scope	2007
My Brother Name Shun Liu	Baoqiang Wang	Shun Liu	With sniper scope	2009
Captain America: The First Avenger	Sebastian Stan	Sgt. James "Bucky" Barnes	With sniper scope, portrayed as bolt action rifle	2011
Cold Steel (Bian di lang yan)	Mingxiang Guo	Major Masaya	With sniper scope	2011

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Karma Online			2011
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades			2016