M1 Garand

M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06

M1C Sniper Variant with M82 scope - .30-06.

M1D Sniper Variant with M84 scope - .30-06. Note the different type of scope mount. The flash suppressor is an option on both models; an earlier conical flash hider also exists.

T26 Tanker Garand carbine - .30-06

Springfield T20E2: select-fire Garand with 20-round detachable Browning Automatic Rifle magazine, a forerunner to the M14 Rifle - .30-06

The M1 Garand was the standard rifle of the United States military during the Second World War and the first semi-automatic rifle to be issued as a primary arm by a major armed force, officially replacing the bolt-action Springfield M1903 as the US Army's standard rifle in 1936.

The Garand features a distinctive loading method where the entire 8-round en-bloc clip is inserted into the action, automatically ejecting when expended and locking the bolt open for a rapid reload. The sharp closing of the bolt when a clip was inserted could result in the bolt slamming shut on the operator's thumb, resulting in a condition given names such as "rifleman's thumb" or "Garand thumb."

Much is made of the "ping" sound that occurred when the metal clip landed on a hard surface, but this "disadvantage" imagines that wars are fought as one-on-one duels in perfect silence, and was seldom a factor in reality. In videogames, the Garand is often depicted as impossible to reload without expending the entire clip; this is not strictly true, as it is possible to eject a partially fired clip by pressing the clip latch button and operating the action, though this requires the use of both hands. Soldiers were drilled to fully expend a clip rather than attempt this in combat.

The Garand served in both theaters in WW2 and remained the standard US rifle in the Korean War, being replaced by the select-fire M14 Rifle in 1957, though Garands remained in service until the seventies. The M14 is essentially a Garand redesigned for fully automatic operation and use of a detachable magazine. The sniper variants, M1C and M1D, saw relatively limited service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Specifications

(1936 – 1963)

• Type: Battle Rifle

• Caliber: .30-06 Springfield, 7.62x51mm NATO

• Weight: 9.5 lbs (4.3 kg) - 11.6 lbs (5.3 kg)

• Length: 43.5 in (110.5 cm)

• Barrel length: 24 in (61 cm)

• Capacity: 8-round "en bloc" clip

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

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M1 Garand

The M1 Garand rifle has been seen in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Gung Ho!		Marine Raiders		1943
A Walk In The Sun	Norman Lloyd	Private Archimbeau		1945
	John Ireland	Pfc. Windy Craven
The Story of G.I. Joe	Various actors	Various characters		1945
Battleground	Van Johnson	Private Holley		1949
Sands of Iwo Jima	John Wayne	Sgt. John M. Stryker	w/ M7 bayonet	1949
	John Agar	PFC Peter Conway
	Forrest Tucker	PFC Al Thomas
	Richard Jaeckel	PFC Frank Flynn
	Martin Milner	Pvt. Mike McHugh
	Arthur Franz	Corporal Robert Dunne
		US Marines	w/ M7 bayonet
The Steel Helmet	Gene Evans	Sgt. Zack		1951
Fixed Bayonets!	Gene Evans	Sgt. Rock		1951
Go for Broke!	Van Johnson	2LT Michael Grayson		1951
	Henry Nakamura	Tommy
	Don Haggerty	SFC Culley
	Lane Nakano	Sam
	Akira Fukunaga	Frank
	Ken K. Okamoto	Kaz
	Henry Oyasato	SSG Ohhara
	Harry Hamada	Masami
	George Tanaguchi	Ohhara's brother	Uncredited
Halls of Montezuma	Neville Brand	Sgt. Zelenko	w/ M7 bayonet	1951
	Richard Hylton	Conroy
	Bert Freed	Slattery
	Jack Palance	Pigeon Lane
	Robert Wagner	Koffman
	Jack Webb	Sgt. Dickerman
		US Marines	w/ M7 bayonet
Retreat, Hell!	Russ Tamblyn	Jimmy McDermid		1952
	Various actors	U.S. Marines	Featured with and without M1 bayonet and M7 rifle grenade launcher
Battle Circus		U.S. Army soldiers		1953
The War of the Worlds		U.S. Army soldiers and Marines		1953
Godzilla		Japanese Defense Forces		1954
White Christmas		U.S. Army soldiers		1954
To Hell and Back	Audie Murphy	Himself		1955
	Charles Drake	Pvt. Brandon
	Marshall Thompson	Pvt. Johnson
	Various	Various characters
Battle Cry	Various	U.S. Marines		1955
It Came from Beneath the Sea	Various	U.S. Navy sailors		1955
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers	Various	U.S. Army soldiers		1956
Between Heaven and Hell		National Guards		1956
20 Million Miles to Earth	Various	U.S. Marines and Italian soldiers		1957
Darby's Rangers	Murray Hamilton	Cpl. Rollo Burns		1958
Darby's Rangers	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers		1958
The Young Lions	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers		1958
	Dean Martin	Michael Whiteacre
Pork Chop Hill		U.S. Army soldiers		1959
	Woody Strode	Pvt. Franklin
Hell to Eternity		US Marines		1960
Lonely Are the Brave	Bill Bixby	Helicopter crewmember		1962
Merrill's Marauders	Peter Brown	Bullseye		1962
Hell Is for Heroes	James Coburn	Cpl. Henshaw		1962
	Bobby Darin	Pvt. Corby
	Fess Parker	Sgt. Pike
	Harry Guardino	Sgt. Larkin
	Nick Adams	Homer
	Various	US Soldiers
The Longest Day	John Wayne	Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort		1963
	Various actors	US Army soldiers
Battle of the Bulge	George Montgomery	Sgt. Duquesne	possibly a M1C or D Garand	1965
	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers	Featured with and without M7 rifle grenade launcher
Help!	Various actors	Cult member and Bahamian police		1965
None But the Brave		U.S. Marines		1965
Cast a Giant Shadow		U.S. Army		1966
The Battle of Algiers		French soldiers		1966
Poppies Are Also Flowers		Brigands, Colonel Salem's men		1966
Is Paris Burning?		US Army and Free French Forces soldiers		1966
The Devil's Brigade	Andrew Prine	Private Theodore Ransom		1968
	Various actors	US Army soldiers
The Green Berets	Various actors	Mike Force Honor Guards		1968
	Various actors	Mike Force Honor Guards	T26 Tanker Garand
	Various actors	ARVN troops
	Various actors	Strike team members
OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117)		Tuaregs guard		1968
The Bridge at Remagen	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers		1969
100 Rifles	Michael Forest	Humara		1969
100 Rifles		Mexican soldiers		1969
Godzilla vs. Gigan		JSDF personnel		1972
Savage Sisters	Various actors	Philippine soldiers, guerrillas		1974
Jaws	Roy Scheider	Police chief Martin Brody		1975
Jaws	Robert Shaw	Quint		1975
The Muthers	Rocco Montalban	Rocco		1976
	Various actors	Pirates, Camp guards
The ... Beautiful Country (il ... Belpaese)		Carabinieri		1977
Go Tell the Spartans		South Vietnamese troops		1978
The Outsider (1980)	Niall O'Brien	Emmet Donovan		1980
The Big Red One	Mark Hamill	Griff		1980
	Lee Marvin	The Sergeant
	Various actors	Various characters
Flatfoot in Egypt		Bedouins		1980
Enter the Ninja		A guard		1981
The Border (1982)		Honor Guard Detail		1982
Uncommon Valor	Gene Hackman	Col. Rhodes		1983
Code Name: Wild Geese	Manfred Lehmann	Klein	With sniper scope and fake suppressor	1984
Nadine	Gary Grubbs	Cecil		1987
Cape Fear	Various actors	US Army soldiers on an allegorical car		1991
A Midnight Clear	Gary Sinise	Vance 'Mother' Wilkins		1992
	Ethan Hawke	Will Knott
	Frank Whaley	Paul 'Father' Mundy
Forrest Gump	Various actors	Alabama National Guardsmen		1994
Mulholland Falls	Various actors	L.A.P.D. honor guard		1996
Life Is Beautiful		American Soldiers		1996
Saving Private Ryan	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers		1998
	Adam Goldberg	Pvt. Stanley Mellish
	Vin Diesel	Private Adrian Caparzo
	Jeremy Davies	Cpl. Timothy Upham
	Paul Giamatti	Sergeant Hill
	Tom Hanks	Cpt. Miller
	Matt Damon	Pvt. James Francis Ryan
The Thin Red Line	Dash Mihok	PFC Doll		1998
	Jim Caviezel	Pvt. Witt
	Matt Doran	Pvt. Coombs
	Ben Chaplin	Pvt. Bell
	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers
The Matrix		Seen in the Virtual Armory behind Trinity		1999
Pearl Harbor	Newsreel footage	U.S. military personnel		2001
A Beautiful Mind		U.S. Soldiers		2001
Hellboy	Angus MacInnes	Sgt. Whitman		2004
The Great Raid	Craig McLachlan	Lt. Riley		2005
	Sam Worthington	PFC Lucas
	Various actors	U.S. Rangers and some Filipino resistance	one seen with M7 rifle grenade launcher
Days of Glory	Bernard Blancan	Sergent Roger Martinez		2006
	Benoît Giros	Capitaine Durieux
		Free French Soldiers
Flags of our Fathers	Jamie Bell	Pfc. Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski		2006
	Jesse Bradford	Corporal Rene Gagnon
	Benjamin Walker	Corporal Harlon Block
	Adam Beach	Corporal Ira Hayes
	Paul Walker	Sergeant Hank Hansen
	Various actors	U.S. Marines
The Bridge	Lars Steinhöfel	Walter Forst	with M7 bayonet	2008
		US soldiers	w/ M7 bayonet
The Dark Knight	Heath Ledger	The Joker		2008
	David Dastmalchian	Thomas Schiff
	Various actors	Joker's men
Gran Torino	Clint Eastwood	Walt Kowalski		2008
	Bee Vang	Thao Vang Lor
Miracle at St. Anna	Omar Benson Miller	Private First Class Samuel 'Sam' Train		2008
	Michael K. Williams	Private Tucker
	Various actors	US Army soldiers
Brother's War	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers		2009
Red and White (Merah Putih)	Darius Sinathryah	Marius		2009
	Lukman Sardi	Amir
	Donny Alamsyah	Tomas
	T. Rifnu Wikana	Dayan
		Dutch/Indonesian soldiers
71: Into the Fire	Seung Hyun Choi	Oh Jung-Beom		2010
	Sang-woo Kwone	Ku Kap-jo
	Hyeong-tak Shin	Dal-young	w/ M7 bayonet
	Various	US Army soldiers
	Various	South Korean Army soldiers
	Various	Student soldiers	w/ M7 bayonet
Spoils of War				2009
Elephant White		several examples in weapons caches		2010
The A-Team (2010)				2010
Djinns (Stranded)	Emmanuel Bonami	Pvt. Ballant	with the optic sight	2010
Oba: The Last Samurai	Various actors	US Marines and Military Policemen		2011
Memorial Day	Reed Sigmund	Gorski		2011
	Aaron Courteau	Frankie Califano
	Various	82nd Airborne Paratroopers
The Front Line (2011)	Go Soo	1stLt. Kim Soo-hyeok	M1D variant; occasionally seen with M84 scope attached	2011
	Ko Chang-seok	MSgt. Yang Hyo-sam
	Da-Wit Lee	Pvt. Nam Sung-Sik
	Various actors	ROK soldiers
Captain America: The First Avenger	Chris Evans	Steve Rogers		2011
	Various actors	US Army soldiers
My Way (2011)	Various actors	US Army soldiers		2011
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed	David Nibley	Sergeant Jones		2011
	Jasen Wade	Corporal Curtis	w/ M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher
	Various	US Army soldiers
Red Tails		American troops		2012
Red Tails		German troops		2012
Cockneys vs. Zombies				2012
Machete Kills			On gun wall	2013
Fury		U.S. Army soldiers		2014

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Combat!	Dick Peabody	Little John		1962-1967
Combat!	Pierre Jalbert	Caje		1962-1967
Combat!	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers		1962-1967
Rat Patrol	Justin Tarr	Pvt. Tully Pettigrew		1966-1968
Rat Patrol	Various actors	US Army soldiers	rarely used	1966-1968
Hawaii Five-O	.	USAF Honor Guard	Pilot Episode	1968
M*A*S*H	Various actors	Various U.N. soldiers		1972-1983
A Rumor of War	Brad Davis	Lt. Philip 'Phil' Caputo	Dressed up to resemble M14 Rifles	1980
A Rumor of War	Keith Carradine	Lt. Murph McCoy	Dressed up to resemble M14 Rifles	1980
A Rumor of War	Michael O'Keefe	Lt. Walter Cohen	Dressed up to resemble M14 Rifles	1980
A Rumor of War	Various actors	U.S. Marines	Dressed up to resemble M14 Rifles	1980
Tour of Duty		Vietnamese Villager	S01E03	1987
Tour of Duty		Vietnamese sniper	M1C Sniper Variant / S02E06	1989
Tour of Duty	Michael Madsen	Sgt. Block	M1-C Sniper Variant / S02E06	1989
The X-Files - Season 1			"The Jersey Devil" (S1E04), "Space" (S1E08)	1993
Star Trek: Voyager	Robert Beltran	Chakotay	"The Killing Game"	1995-2001
Star Trek: Voyager	Robert Duncan McNeill	Tom Paris	"The Killing Game"	1995-2001
Star Trek: Voyager	Tim Russ	Tuvok	"The Killing Game"	1995-2001
Star Trek: Voyager	Roxann Dawson	B'Elanna Torres	"The Killing Game"	1995-2001
Star Trek: Voyager	Various actors	U.S. Army soldiers	"The Killing Game"	1995-2001
Band of Brothers	Damian Lewis	Richard "Dick" Winters	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Peter Youngblood Hills	Shifty Powers	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Ross McCall	Joseph Liebgott	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	James Madio	Frank Perconte	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Bart Ruspoli	Pvt. Tipper	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Marc Warren	Pvt. Albert Blythe	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Mark Huberman	Pvt. Hashey	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Douglas Spain	Pvt. Garcia	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Matt Hickey	Pvt. Patrick O'Keefe	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Mark Lawrence	Cpl. William Dukeman	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Donnie Wahlberg	Carwood Lipton	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet	2001
Band of Brothers	Various actors	US Army soldiers	occasionally seen with M1 bayonet and M7 rifle grenade launcher	2001
Foyle's War - Season 4		US Army soldiers	"Invasion" (S4E01)	2006
House of Saddam	Aris Sahn	Young Uday Hussein		2008
House of Saddam	Yigal Naor	Saddam Hussein		2008
Mail Call	R. Lee Ermey	Himself	Seen in saddle on his jeep	2002-2009
Mail Call	R. Lee Ermey	Himself	equipped with M7 rifle grenade launcher / Season 1	2002-2009
Mail Call	Newsreel footage		M1C-sniper variant / Season 1	2002-2009
Mail Call	US Army soldier re-enactors		Season 1	2002-2009
My Name is Earl		soldiers		2008
The Pacific	James Badge Dale	Robert Leckie		2010
The Pacific	Ashton Holmes	Sid Phillips		2010
The Pacific	Jacob Pitts	Bill "Hoosier" Smith		2010
The Pacific	Brendan Fletcher	Bill Leyden		2010
The Pacific	Joseph Mazzello	Eugene Sledge		2010
The Pacific	Gary Sweet	Gunny Sgt. Elmo Haney		2010
The Pacific	Various actors	U.S. Marines		2010
The Pacific	Various actors	US Army soldiers		2010
CSI: Miami	Various actors	U.S. Marine honor guard	"Come As You Are"	2002-???
Sanctuary	Various actors	U.S. Soldiers	"Normandy"	2011
Falling Skies	Extra	Resistance fighter		2011
Foyle's War - Season 8		US Army soldiers	"Sunflower" (S8E03)	2013
Parer's War		US Marines		2014
Policie Modrava		Members of the Military History Club	In a holster/ "Případ Strnad" (S1E04)	2015
The Last Ship		Thorwald's men	"Fight the Ship" (S2E02)	2015

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notes	Release Date
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines			Seen only in cutscenes; unusable	1998
WWII G.I.	"Grenade Garand"	Fitted with M7 rifle grenade launcher		1999
Fallout Tactics	"M1 Garand"			2001
World War II Online: Battleground Europe	"M1 Garand"		Released with 1.34 update	2001
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2002
Medal of Honor: Frontline	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2002
Battlefield: 1942	"M1 Garand"		Added with the release of patch v1.6; primary weapon of the American Engineer class; cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2002
Forgotten Hope		M1 and M1C Garand		2003
Vietcong			M1D sniper variant	2003
Day of Defeat	"Garand Rifle"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2003
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory				2003
Hidden & Dangerous 2	"M1 Garand"			2003
Call of Duty (2003)	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2003
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2003
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator				2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2004
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault	"M1 Garand"	Fitted with bayonet	Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2004
Forgotten Hope 2				2005
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30	M1 Garand		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2005
Day of Defeat: Source			Primary weapon of the American Rifleman class; cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2005
Call of Duty 2	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2005
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2005
Medal of Honor: Heroes			Available in few levels	2006
Call of Duty 3	"M1 Garand"		Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2006
Commandos: Strike Force			Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2006
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45	"M1 Garand"	Can be fitted with M7 bayonet	Standard weapon of the American Corporal, Rifleman, Artillery Officer, RTO, and Mortar Observer classes	2006
Alliance of Valiant Arms			Appears as an unlockable weapon	2007
Medal of Honor: Airborne	"M1 Garand"	Upgrades give it a match barrel, adjustable sights, and an M7 rifle grenade launcher		2007
Medal of Honor: Vanguard	"M1 Garand"	Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied; can be upgraded with a scope		2007
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty				2008
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway	"M1 Garand"	Available with scope in multiplayer	Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied	2008
Call of Duty: World at War	"M1 Garand" / "M1000"	Can be fitted with flash hider, bayonet, M7 rifle grenade launcher, and a sniper scope		2008
Battlefield 1943	"M1 Garand"		Standard weapon of the American Rifleman class; can be fitted with M7 rifle grenade launcher	2009
Death to Spies: Moment of Truth				2009
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	"WWII M1 Garand"		Unlocked by registering as a Battlefield "Veteran"; picture of the weapon's info in-game incorrectly shows the Type 5 rifle	2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	"M1C"			2010
Mafia II	"M1 Garand"			2010
Fallout: New Vegas	"Battle Rifle" / "This Machine"			2010
Karma Online	"M1 Garand"			2011
7554 (VG)	"Garand"			2011
Heroes & Generals	"M1 Garand"			2012
Sniper Elite V2	M1-D			2012
Project Reality: Normandy		With optional M7 rifle grenade launcher		2013
Project Reality: Normandy		M1C sniper variant		2013
Enemy Front	M1 GARAND			2014
Sniper Elite III		M1C sniper variant		2014

Animation

Film Title	Character	Notation	Date
The Iron Giant	US Army soldiers	With M7 rifle grenade launchers	1999

Anime

Title	Character	Notes	Date
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C³	C³ Club	Imaginary	2013

Type 5

Type 5 - 7.7x58mm

Type 5 - 7.7x58mm

Weight 9.13 lb (4.14 kg)
Length 43.25 in (1,099 mm)
Cartridge 7.7x58mm Arisaka
Action Gas-Operated, Rotating bolt
Muzzle velocity 2,740 ft/s (840 m/s)
Feed system 10-Round Internal Box Magazine loaded via two 5-Round Stripper Clips

The Type 5 Rifle was a Japanese experimental semi-automatic rifle. It was a copy of the American M1 Garand but with an integral 10-round magazine and chambered for the Japanese 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge. Where the Garand used an en-bloc clip, the Type 5's integral magazine was charged with two 5 round stripper clips and the rifle also used Japanese style tangent sights. The Type 5 had been developed alongside several other experimental semi-automatic rifles. However, none of the rifles entered into service before the end of the World War II, with only 250 being made and many others were never assembled. There were several problems with jamming and feed systems, which also delayed its testing.

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield: 1942				2002
Battlefield 1943				2009
Battlefield: Bad Company 2			Functions exactly the same as the M1 Garand	2010

See also

• Beretta BM59, an Italian Garand clone with a detachable magazine.
• M14 Rifle, a similar weapon developed in the 1950s firing 7.62 NATO from a detachable magazine.