The M1 Carbine is a lightweight, intermediate cartridge firearm, developed and adopted in 1941, as a supplement to the then standard issue M1 Garand. The M1 Carbine was to take the place of pistols for vehicle drivers, members of crew served weapons (such as artillery, anti-aircraft etc), NCOs, and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. Despite its lack of "knockdown" power, it was popular, primarily due to its handiness and light weight and was seen in frontline usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. It would remain in production postwar for commercial sales, and these commercial sales would produce many unique variants that have appeared on screen.

Contrary to what movie and TV viewers see, the M1 Carbine did not have a bayonet lug during World War II. There is no photographic evidence of any soldiers carrying or using the M1 Carbine or M1A1 paratrooper Carbine between 1942 and early 1945, with a bayonet lug. The version with the bayonet lug, and the replacement of the "L" peep sight with the adjustable windage rear sight was an undesignated upgrade to the model and was not given a separate model number. This upgrade officially started in late 1944, but were only seen in the field in late 1945, in the very last months of the war. Occupation troops did, however, get this version of the gun. The upgraded version was used extensively during the Korean conflict and into the early years of Vietnam. The M1 carbine could still be found in US National Guard, Army or Air Force reserve unit armories on into the early 1970s, in addition it was a common police weapon from the mid 1950s into the late 1970s. Surplus M1 Carbines were widely exported to US allies, and it remains a popular weapon among Israeli police and in manufacture for commercial sales to this day.

Other rifles based on the M1 Carbine, such as the Howa M300, were also manufactured.

Specifications

(1941 - Present)

Type: Carbine

Caliber: .30 Carbine

Weight: 5.2 lbs (2.4 kg)

Length: 35.4 in (90 cm)

Barrel length: 18 in (45.7 cm)

Feed System: 15 or 30-round detachable box magazine

Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (M1), Semi-Auto/Full-Auto (M2, M3)

The M1 Carbine and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

M1/M1A1 Carbine

World War II Era M1 Carbine, with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - .30 Carbine - correct for most of WWII, shown with khaki sling and oiler and a period twin magazine pouch for buttstock

Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine. Most of the World War II variations of the M1 Carbine were sent back to the Military Arsenals and retrofitted with the Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight. This is the version seen after late 1945 and all the way until the 1960s. This version is seen most often in World War II movies, despite being anachronistic for most World War II battles

Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with M4 bayonet and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine

The Modern Manufactured version of the M1 Carbine, with standard stock, from Auto-Ordnance (affiliated with Kahr Arms and Thompson Arms) - .30 Carbine

M1 Carbine (Post-War) - .30 Carbine

M1 Carbine with heat shield, adjustable rear sight and 15-round magazine - .30 Carbine

Post-war M1 Carbine with 30-round magazine and metal barrel shroud - .30 Carbine

M1A1 Carbine with original L style rear sights, and side-folding stock, often referred to as the 'Paratrooper' carbine - .30 Carbine

M1 Carbine in Universal folding stock - .30 Carbine

M1 Carbine manufactured by Plainfield, with pistol-grip, post-WWII paratrooper stock and vertical foregrip - .30 Carbine

Short-barrel M1 Carbine with pistol grip, retractable wire stock and forward pistol grip - .30 Carbine

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Gung Ho!		Marine Raider		1943
The Story of G.I. Joe		U.S. Soldiers		1945
A Walk In The Sun		U.S Bazooka Team		1945
Dark Passage		Policeman	w/ 30-round magazine	1947
Battleground		U.S. Army Airborne Paratroopers		1949
Breakthrough	John Agar	Lt. Joe Mallory		1950
	Frank Lovejoy	Sgt. Bell
	William Campbell	Cpl. Danny Dominick
	David Brian	Capt. Tom Hale
	uncredited	2nd Lt. Johnson
		U.S. soldiers
The Steel Helmet		U.S. Army soldiers	World War II model	1951
The Thing From another World	Dewey Martin	Bob		1951
The Thing From another World	James R. Young	Lt. Dykes		1951
Halls of Montezuma	Richard Widmark	Lt. Anderson	with anachronistic bayonet lug	1951
	Reginald Gardner	Sgt. Johnson	with anachronistic bayonet lug
		US Marines	with anachronistic bayonet lug
Go for Broke!	Van Johnson	2LT Michael Grayson		1951
	Henry Oyasato	2LT Ohhara
	Dan Riss	Captain Solari
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)		U.S. Army soldiers		1951
The Most Wanted Man (L'Ennemi public No 1)		Prison guards and plainclothes police		1953
Battle Circus	Humphrey Bogart	Maj. Jed Webbe		1953
	Keenan Wynn	Sgt. Orvil Statt
	Steve Forrest	U.S. Army Sergeant
	Robert Keith	Lt. Col. Hilary Walters
		U.S. Army soldiers
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	Paul Hubschmid	Tom Nesbitt	With M8 rifle grenade launcher	1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	Lee Van Cleef	Cpl. Stone	With M8 rifle grenade launcher	1953
The War of the Worlds		U.S. Army soldiers		1953
White Christmas		U.S. Army soldiers		1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Earl Holliman	Nestor Gamidge		1954
	Mickey Rooney	CWO Mike Forney
	William Holden	Lt. Harry Brubaker
Sky Without Stars		East and West German border guards		1955
To Hell and Back	Audie Murphy	Himself		1955
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers	Donald Curtis	Maj. Huglin		1956
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers		Used by U.S. Air Force soldiers		1956
Between Heaven and Hell	Tod Andrews	Lt. Ray Mosby		1956
The Weapon	Steve Cochran	Capt. Mark Andrews		1956
The Weapon		US Army soldiers		1956
China Gate	James Hong	Charlie		1957
20 Million Miles to Earth	William Hopper	Col. Robert Calder	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1957
20 Million Miles to Earth		Used by Sicilian police officers	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1957
Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela)			Seen among saboteurs' guns; M1A1 Paratrooper model	1958
When Hell Broke Loose		Extras		1958
The Young Lions		U.S. Army soldiers		1958
The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor)		French foreign legionaries		1958
Never So Few	Frank Sinatra	Cpt. Tom Reynolds		1959
Never So Few		Burmese soldiers		1959
Five Gates to Hell		Vietnamese guerillas		1959
The Bridge		U.S. Army soldiers		1959
Pork Chop Hill	Cliff Ketchum	Cpl. Payne		1959
	Gregory Peck	Lt. Joe Clemons
	Norman Fell	S/Sgt. Coleman
		U.S. Army soldiers
Hell to Eternity	.	US Marines	anachronistic	1960
Mothra		Scientists also		1961
Mothra	Hiroshi Koizumi	Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô		1961
Escape from Zahrain		Police and rebels		1962
The Black Seagull (Chyornaya chayka)		Cuban soldiers		1962
The Longest Day		French Resistance and US Forces		1962
The Longest Day	Roddy McDowall	Private Morris		1962
Merrill's Marauders	Jeff Chandler	General Merrill		1962
Hell Is for Heroes		U.S. Army soldiers		1962
The Manchurian Candidate	Frank Sinatra	Capt. Marco		1962
I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba)		Cuban government soldiers and guerrillas		1964
Goldfinger		U.S. Army soldiers		1964
Dr. Strangelove	Keenan Wynn	Col."Bat"Guano		1964
None But the Brave	Tommy Sands	2nd Lt. Blair		1965
None But the Brave	Clint Walker	Capt. Dennis Bourke		1965
Alphaville		Alphaville security force		1965
The 317th Platoon	Jacques Perrin	2nd Lt. Torrens		1965
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold		Vinero's soldiers		1966
Is Paris Burning?		US Army and Free French Forces soldiers		1966
Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas)		The Colonel's henchmen		1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?		US Army soldiers	with anachronistic bayonet lug	1966
Murderers' Row	Dean Martin	Matt Helm	With pistol grip and underfolding stock	1966
Murderers' Row		Guards	With pistol grip and underfolding stock	1966
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters		US Navy personnel		1966
The Battle of Algiers		French soldiers		1966
Action Man (Le soleil des voyous)		US Army soldiers		1967
The Last Adventure	Hans Meyer	The Mercenary		1967
	Lino Ventura	Roland Darbont
		The henchman
Billion Dollar Brain				1967
The Vulture (Le Rapace)	Lino Ventura	"Le Rapace"		1968
The Green Berets	David Janssen	George Beckworth		1968
	George Takei	Captain Nim
		U.S. Navy Seabees, ARVN soldiers and Viet Cong
Targets	Tim O'Kelly	Bobby Thompson		1968
Dead Season (Myortvyy sezon)			Seen in footage from some TV show	1968
Coogan's Bluff	Rudy Diaz	Running Bear		1969
Planet of the Apes	Charlton Heston	Commander Taylor	Visually modified	1968
Planet of the Apes		Apes	Visually modified	1968
Island of Lost Girls		Thai police		1969
The Bridge at Remagen	George Segal	Lt. Phil Hartman		1969
The Bridge at Remagen	Paul Prokop	Captain John Colt		1969
Mr. Freedom		Various		1969
Castle Keep	Tony Bill	Lt. Amberjack		1969
The Punisher (Karatel)	Evgeniy Kindinov	Pvt. Vangelis		1969
The Punisher (Karatel)		Greek soldiers		1969
Cotton Comes to Harlem		Robbers	M1A1 Carbine	1970
Wilbur and the Baby Factory		Assassins	M1 Carbine w pistol grip and underfolding stock	1970
The Omega Man		Seen in Neville's gun rack	Post WW2 version	1971
State of Siege (État de Siège)		Police		1972
Hickey & Boggs		Black revolutionaries		1972
The Dominici Affair (L'Affaire Dominici)			The murder weapon	1973
The Crazies		U.S. Army National Guard		1973
The Crazies	Harold Wayne Jones	Clank		1973
The Crazies	Will MacMillan	David		1973
Scorpio	Alain Delon	Jean Laurier a.k.a. "Scorpio"		1973
Charley Varrick		Police officers		1973
The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique)	André Weber	The plumber	Customized	1973
The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique)	Philippe de Broca	The plumber 2	Customized	1973
The Longest Yard	Mike Henry	Rasmussen		1974
The Longest Yard	Ed Lauter	Captain Wilhelm Knauer		1974
The Terrorists		Various police and military personnel		1974
And Now My Love		French soldiers and Vietcong fighters		1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	George Kennedy	Red Leary		1974
Savage Sisters	Cheri Caffaro	Jo Turner	w/ 30-round magazine	1974
	John Ashley	W. P. Billingsley	w/ 30-round magazine
		Philippine soldiers, guerrillas	w/ 30-round magazine
The Gypsy (Le gitan)		French police	With sniper scope	1975
The Deadly Tower	Kurt Russell	Charles Whitman		1975
Jaws		Carried by man patrolling waters		1975
The French Detective (Adieu, poulet)	Jacques Rispal	Mercier	30-round magazine	1975
Dog Day Afternoon	Al Pacino	Sonny		1975
Dog Day Afternoon	John Cazale	"Sal"		1975
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold		Thugs	Post-WWII version with bayonet lug	1975
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold	Shen Chan	Soon Da Chen	Post-WWII version with bayonet lug	1975
The Golden Fleece (Beshenoe zoloto)		British sailors		1976
Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38)		Police snipers	With sniper scope	1976
Police Python 357		French criminals and police		1976
Night Over Chile (Noch nad Chili)		Chilean carabiniers		1977
The Domino Principle	Gene Hackman	Roy Tucker		1977
The Domino Principle		Bodyguards		1977
Black Sunday		Terrorists, police officers and Israeli commandos		1977
Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour)	Jacques Perrin	Lt. Willsdorff		1977
Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour)		French sailors		1977
Go Tell the Spartans		South Vietnamese troops		1978
	Marc Singer	CPT Alfred Olivetti
	Craig Wasson	CPL Courcey
	Jonathan Goldsmith	1SG Oleonowski
	Evan C. Kim	Cowboy
Goodbye and Amen	Claudia Cardinale	Aliki		1978
Goodbye and Amen	John Steiner	Donald Grayson		1978
Midnight Express		Turkish police		1978
The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi)		Scharf's henchmen		1979
Cuba		Cuban guerillas		1979
From Hell to Victory		US Army soldiers		1979
The Angry Man (L'homme en colère)		A criminal		1979
And Justice For All		Police officers		1979
Love and Bullets	Paul Koslo	Huntz	With sniper scope and sound suppressor	1979
Love and Bullets		Farroni's henchman	With sniper scope and sound suppressor	1979
Escape from Alcatraz		The guards in the prison towers in Alcatraz		1979
Apocalypse Now		French colonists	Seen in "Redux" edition	1979
Santa Esperansa		Chilean soldiers		1980
Jupiter's Thigh (On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter)		Greece police		1980
Brubaker				1980
The Professional		African soldiers		1981
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure		US Coast Guard personnell		1981
The Goat (La chèvre)		Mexican police		1981
Choice of Arms			Seen in Jean's armoury	1981
Green Ice		Colombian guerillas		1981
Thief		Mobster		1981
Bukit Kepong		Police Jungle Squad	M1, M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1981
Bukit Kepong		MCP guerillas	M1, M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1981
A Captain's Honor (L'Honneur d'un capitaine)	Jacques Perrin	Capt. Marcel Caron		1982
A Captain's Honor (L'Honneur d'un capitaine)		French officers		1982
Uncommon Valor		bodyguard		1983
Under Fire		FSLN rebels		1983
One Hundred Days in Palermo		Mafia hitman; honor guards		1984
The Evil That Men Do		Guatemala soldiers	with heat shield and 20 round magazine	1984
Streets of Fire		bikers		1984
The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye)	Vitaliy Zikora	Jack Harrison		1985
Volunteers		Chung Mee's guards		1985
The Annihilators		ARVN soldiers	Footage	1985
Thirteen at Dinner		Actor portraying assassins	scope, suppressor, custom stock	1985
Club Paradise		revolutionary and soldier		1986
Order No. 027 (Myung ryoung-027 ho)		North Korean commandos, South Korean soldiers		1986
F/X		Assassin		1986
Nadine	Jeff Bridges	Vernon Hightower		1987
	Rip Torn	Buford Pope
	Gary Grubbs	Cecil
	Mickey Jones	Floyd
Ishtar	Dustin Hoffman	Chuck Clarke		1987
Good Morning Vietnam		American troops		1987
Equalizer 2000	Bobby Greenwood	Denah		1987
Equalizer 2000		Rebels		1987
Naga Bonar		Indonesian soldier	Post-WWII version with bayonet lug	1987
Cohen and Tate		Houston PD officer		1989
Cat Chaser		rebel soldier		1989
Pink Cadillac	Clint Eastwood	Tommy Nowak		1989
Farewell To The King	Nigel Havers	Fairbourne		1989
China O'Brien II		Baskin's henchman		1990
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah		American troops	Replica	1991
A Midnight Clear	Kevin Dillon	Mel Avakian		1992
Diên Biên Phú		French Paratroopers		1992
The Shawshank Redemption			Seen in a pawn shop display	1994
Ed Wood	Brent Hinkley	Conrad Brooks	prop	1994
Les Misérables		US Army soldiers		1995
I Shot Andy Warhol		Revolutionary		1996
Mulholland Falls		US Army soldiers		1996
Heaven's Burning		STAR team member		1997
The Postman	Kevin Costner	The Postman		1997
The Thin Red Line	John Cusack	Captain Gaff		1998
	Elias Koteas	Captain Staros
	Woody Harrelson	Sgt. Keck
	Jared Leto	2nd Lt. Whyte
	John Savage	Sgt. McCron
Saving Private Ryan	Tom Sizemore	Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath	Fitted with a buttstock magazine pouch	1998
Saving Private Ryan		Members of the 101st Airborne Division, other Airborne paratroopers	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1998
When Trumpets Fade		U.S. Army personnel		1998
In China They Eat Dogs		A gangster		1999
Hart's War	Jim Boeven	German Commando		2002
Hart's War	Rocky Marshall	Capt. Swann		2002
The Quiet American		Gen. The's soldiers		2002
We Were Soldiers		Vietnamese ARVN interpreter		2002
Windtalkers	Roger Willie	Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse		2002
Windtalkers	Adam Beach	Pvt. Ben Yahzee		2002
Coronado	Kristin Dattilo	Claire Winslow		2003
Coronado		Numerous rebels		2003
The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse)		Corsican terrorists	Sawn-off	2004
Snakeman	Larry Day	Dr. Rick Gordon		2005
The Lost City	Nestor Carbonell	Luis Fellove		2005
The Lost City		Cuban rebels, police, army		2005
Land of the Dead	Robert Joy	Charlie		2005
Flags of our Fathers	Adam Beach	PFC Ira Hayes		2006
	Barry Pepper	Sgt. Mike Strank
		U.S. Marines
Desperation	Steven Weber	Steve Ames		2006
Gone Baby Gone	Mark Margolis	Leon Trett		2007
Intimate Enemies		Fellaghas	M1A1	2007
Philosophy of a Knife		American soldiers	archive footage	2008
Warbirds	Brian Krause	Colonel Jack Toller		2008
	Caleb Michaelson	Sergeant John Lee
		Sergeant Murphy
Miracle at St. Anna	Douglas M. Griffin	MP Freddy Naughton	with anachronistic bayonet lugs and 30-round magazine	2008
Miracle at St. Anna		Military Policemen	with anachronistic bayonet lugs and 30-round magazine	2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Harrison Ford	Indiana Jones		2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		Soviet soldiers		2008
Che Part Two: Guerrilla	Franka Potente	Tamara "Tania" Bunke		2008
Black Dynamite		Militant		2009
Inglorious Basterds		American Soldiers		2009
Spoils of War	Krash Miller	Sgt. Miller		2009
Red and White (Merah Putih)		Dutch soldier	Korean War Era model	2009
New Kids Turbo		Dutch police sniper		2010
71: Into the Fire	Seung-woo Kim	Kang Suk-Dae	with 30-round magazine	2010
		US Army soldiers	w/ 30-round magazine
		South Korean soldiers	w/ 30-round magazine
Death and Glory in Changde	Ray Lui	Lt. Gen. Yu Chengwan		2010
	Fan Lei	Col. Chang Ruan
		Chinese officers
The Front Line (2011)		South Korean Army		2011
The Heineken Kidnapping		Dutch SWAT team	WWII era model	2011
The Heineken Kidnapping		Dutch SWAT team	paratrooper stock and customized grips	2011
Largo Winch II (2011)		Burmese freedom fighters		2011
My Best Enemy		Corporal of MP guards		2011
My Way		US Army Soldiers	w/ anachronistic bayonet lugs	2011
Memorial Day		US Army Soldiers	With anachronistic bayonet lugs, with and without folding stock	2011
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed		US Army soldiers		2012
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed	Corbin Allred	T-5 Rossi	M1A1 Carbine	2012
Emperor		American soldiers		2013
Machete Kills			On gun wall	2013
ABCs of Death 2	Tawfeek Barhom	Arab Boy		2014
Diplomacy		U.S. Army soldiers		2014
The Monuments Men	John Goodman	Sgt. Walter Garfield		2014
Far from Men		French soldiers	M1A1	2014
Fury		U.S. Army soldiers		2014
White Soldier	André Cariou	Sergeant Robert Tual		2014
White Soldier		French troops and commandos		2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	Patina Miller	Commander Paylor		2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	Patina Miller	Commander Paylor		2014
War Pigs	Chuck Liddell	Sergeant McGreevy	M1A1 Carbine	2015
Colonia		Sect member		2015
Bridge of Spies		U.S. Army soldiers		2015
Hacksaw Ridge	Sam Worthington	Captain Jack Glover		2016
	Ryan Corr	Lieutenant Manville	with anachronistic bayonet lug
	Ori Pfeffer	Irv Schechter
		US Army radioman	M1A1 Carbine
		US Army soldiers
Pasukan Garuda: I Leave My Heart in Lebanon			Seen in archival footage	2016
Free Fire	Brie Larson	Justine		2017
Free Fire	Mark Monero	Jimmy		2017
Malay Regiment		Communist guerillas		2017
Detroit		Michigan Army National Guard		2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Karen Gillan	Martha Kaply/Ruby Roundhouse		2017
Overlord	Iain De Caestecker	Pvt. Chase		2018
Overlord	Dominic Applewhite	Private Rosenfeld		2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure		A female rebel	30-round magazine	2018
To the Ends of the World (Les confins du monde)	Gaspard Ulliel	Robert Tassen		2018
To the Ends of the World (Les confins du monde)	Guillaume Gouix	Cavagna	M1A1 Carbine	2018
To Paris! (Na Parizh)		A US Army soldier	Possibly a replica	2019
Secret in the Mountain		U.S. Army soldiers		2019

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
McHale's Navy	Carl Ballantine	Lester Gruber		1962-1966
	Gary Vinson	George "Christy" Christopher
	Billy Sands	"Tinker" Bell
	Edson Stroll	Virgil Edwards
	John Wright	Willy Moss
	Gavin MacLeod	Happy		1962-1964
	Yoshio Yoda	Fuji	"The Battle of McHale's Island" (S1E10)	1962
	Ernest Borgnine	Lt. Cmdr. McHale	"McHale's Millions" (S1E33)	1963
	Joe Flynn	Capt. Binghamton	"Washing Machine Charlie" (S1E22)	1963
	Tim Conway	Ensign Parker	"Stars Over Taratupa" (S2E26)	1964
	George Furth	Roger Whitfield III	"The Dart Gun Wedding" (S2E35)	1964
	Jesse Pearson	Harley Hatfield	"The Rage of Taratupa" (S2E30)	1964
Combat!	Rick Jason	Lt. Hanley		1962-1967
I Spy	Bill Cosby	Alexander Scott		1964-1968
I Spy	Robert Culp	Kelly Robinson		1964-1968
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.		various characters		1964-1968
Hogan's Heroes	Felice Orlandi	Maurice Dubois		1965-1971
Garrison's Gorillas	Various	Dutch Resistance		1967-1968
Mission: Impossible - Season 1	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	"Memory" (S01E02)	1966
Mission: Impossible - Season 1	Gene LeBell	Sudow	"A Spool There Was" (S01E09)	1966
Mission: Impossible - Season 1	Barry Cahill	guard	"Carriers" (S01E10)	1966
Mission: Impossible - Season 1		guards/henchmen		1966-1967
Mission: Impossible - Season 2		guards/henchmen		1967-1968
Hawaii Five-O	Jack Lord	Steve McGarrett	Season 2 Episode: "Savage Sunday"	1968-1980
Hawaii Five-O	Jay J. Armes	Stoner	Fitted with a scope, wire stock and forward pistol grip. Season 6 Episode: "Hookman"	1968-1980
Mission: Impossible - Season 7	Barry Atwater	Matthew Royce	"The Western" (S07E21)	1972-1973
MASH*		Various characters on guard duty and some patients		1972-1983
Police Story		assassin	"Chief"(SO1E21)	1973-1977
Planet of the Apes (TV Series)	Ron Harper	Colonel Alan Virdon	Visually modified	1974
S.W.A.T.	Geoffrey Lewis	Jack Bonelli		1975-1976
Bergerac - Season 2	Denis Lawson	Georges Giroux	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "A Miracle Every Week" (S02E07)	1983
Bergerac - Season 4	Bill Weston	John Causebrook	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Low Profile" (S04E04)	1985
The Equalizer	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	Pilot	1985-1989
Dempsey and Makepeace	Michael Brandon	Lt. Dempsey	"Make Peace, Not War", (S01E07)	1985
Dempsey and Makepeace	Catriona MacColl	Angie Hughes	"Hors De Combat" (S01E05)	1986
Dempsey and Makepeace		Police snipers		1985-1986
On Wings of Eagles		Revolutionaries		1986
On Wings of Eagles		Prison guards		1986
Crime Story	Billy Campbell	Detective Joey Indelli		1986-1988
Crime Story	Dennis Farina	Lt. Torello		1986-1988
Bergerac - Season 7	Tim Douglas	Baker	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Old Acquaintance" (S07E07)	1989
Bergerac - Season 7	Derrick Branche	Damian Shore	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Second Time Around" (S07E09)	1989
Bergerac - Season 9	Mark Sproston	The assassin	With sniper scope; "The Assassin" (S09E09)	1991
Homicide: Life on the Street	David Eigenberg	Alex Robey	"Sniper (Part 2)" (S4E09)	1996
The Alsatians or the Two Matildas		American and French soldiers		1996
Julie Lescaut			Seen in the arms rack/ "L'école du crime" (S09E01)	2000
Band of Brothers	Colin Hanks	Lt. Henry Jones	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Donnie Wahlberg	Carwood Lipton	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Scott Grimes	Sgt. Donald Malarkey	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Richard Speight, Jr.	Sgt. Warren "Skip" Muck	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Rick Gomez	Sgt. George Luz	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Ron Livingston	Capt. Lewis Nixon	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Phil McKee	Major Strayer		2001
Band of Brothers		U.S. Army soldiers	With and without folding stocks	2001
Mail Call		Re-enactors	M1 and M1A1 variant	2002-
Firefly		various extras	"Heart of Gold" (S01E13)	2003
Lost	Alexandra Krosney	young Ellie		2004-2010
Lost	Elizabeth Mitchell	Juliet Burke		2004-2010
Lost	Henry Ian Cusick	Desmond Hume		2004-2010
Lost	William Mapother	Ethan Rom		2004-2010
Lost		Various "Others"		2004-2010
Jericho	Gerald McRaney	Johnston Green		2006-2008
Jericho	Skeet Ulrich	Jake Green		2006-2008
The Company		Cuban freedom fighters		2007
Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace		US soldiers	Ep. 03	2009
The Pacific	Dwight Braswell	PFC Steve Evanson		2010
The Pacific	Jon Seda	Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone		2010
The Pacific	Joseph Mazzello	Eugene Sledge		2010
The Pacific	Leon Ford	1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones		2010
The Pacific	Martin McCann	R.V. Burgin		2010
The Pacific	Martin McCann	Pvt. Hamm		2010
The Pacific	Rami Malek	Meriell 'Snafu' Shelton		2010
The Pacific	Scott Gibson	Capt. Andrew Haldane		2010
The Pacific	Freddie Joe Farnsworth	1st Lt. Thomas Stanley		2010
Jon Benjamin Has a Van		Gangsters	"Little Little Italy" (S01E02)	2011
Leverage - Season 4		U.S. Army soldier	"The Van Gogh Job" (S4E04)	2011
Top Shot - Season 4	Various	Various	"Sweating Bullets" (S4E1)	2012
The Walking Dead - Season 4	Randy Gonzalez	Martinez's camp survivor	"Too Far Gone" (S4E08)	2013-2014
	Chad Coleman	Tyreese Williams	"Too Far Gone" (S4E08), "Inmates" (S4E10), "The Grove" (S4E14)
	Melissa McBride	Carol Peletier	"The Grove" (S4E14)
	Kyla Kenedy	Mika Samuels	"The Grove" (S4E14)
Under the Dome - Season 1	Dean Norris	James "Big Jim" Rennie		2013-2015
Mob City	Jon Bernthal	Detective Teague		2013
Parer's War		US Marines		2014
The Ladder to Heaven (Die Himmelsleiter)		Belgian and British soldiers		2015
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle	Josef Guruncz	Captain Rollins		2017
	Daniel Viana	A US MP
		US Army soldiers
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3			Seen in armory; "Minotaur" (S3E09)	2017
Yellowstone - Season 1		Native Americans		2018
The Man in the High Castle - Season 3		American Resistance fighters		2018
The Man in the High Castle - Season 3	Janet Kidder	Lila Jacobs	"Sabre"	2018
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4	Efka Kvaraciejus	Leland's Bandit	Inland M1 Scout Carbine, anachronism; "What's Your Story" (S4E01)	2018
Magnum P.I. - Season 2		Suspects		2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5	Uncredited	Pioneer Ranger	Inland M1 Scout Carbine, anachronism; "Leave What You Don't" (S5E13)	2019
The Man in the High Castle - Season 4		American Resistance fighters		2019
The Defeated	Logan Marshall-Green	Moritz McLaughlin		2020
The Defeated		American, British, and French soldiers		2020
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 6	Carl Thomas	Ranger James	"Bury Her Next to Jasper's Leg" (S6E06)	2020
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 7			On gun rack; "Reclamation" (S7E06)	2021
Dark Winds - Season 1	Eugene Brave Rock	Frank Nakai		2022
The Last of Us - Season 1			Seen in armory; "Long Long Time" (S1E03)	2023
The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 1	Gaius Charles	Perlie Armstrong	w/optic scope and bayonet; "Old Acquaintances" (S1E01), "Who's There?" (S1E02)	2023
The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 1	Lauren Cohan	Maggie Rhee	w/optic scope and bayonet; "Old Acquaintances" (S1E01)	2023
The Continental: From the World of John Wick			seen in armory; "Brothers in Arms" (S1E01), "Loyalty to the Master" (S1E02)	2023
Fallout - Season 1	Aixa Kendrick	NCR fighter	M1A1; "The Beginning" (S1E08)	2024

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Hidden & Dangerous			M1A1	1999
Call of Duty			M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight	2003
Vietcong				2003
Forgotten Hope			M1 and M1A1 Carbine	2003
Hidden & Dangerous 2				2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive			M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight	2004
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault				2004
Call of Duty 2			Original M1, referred to as M1A1	2005
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	"M1 Carbine"			2005
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood			M1A1 with folding stock	2005
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30			M1A1 with folding stock	2005
Elite Warriors Vietnam				2005
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45				2006
Company of Heroes			M1A1 with folding stock	2006
Forgotten Hope 2	".30cal M1 Carbine"		M1 Carbine and M1A1 with folding stock	2007
Cross Fire	"M1A1 Carbine"		M1A1	2007
Death to Spies				2007
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway			M1A1 with folding stock	2008
Call of Duty: World at War			Original M1 carbine, referred to as M1A1 variant	2008
Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts	"M1 Carbine"			2008
Death to Spies: Moment of Truth				2009
Civilization V				2010
7554				2011
Karma Online				2011
Sniper Elite V2				2012
Project Reality: Normandy			With anachronistic adjustable rear sight	2013
State of Decay	"M1 Carbine"		incorrectly chambered .357, added in Lifeline DLC (2014)	2013
Company of Heroes 2			Added with Western Front Armies add-on (2014)	2013
Far East War				2013
Insurgency		w/ various attachments	M1A1	2014
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly	M1 Carbine			2014
Battlefield Hardline	M1	Optional foregrip and M1A1 folding stock	M1A1, 30-round magazine	2015
Rainbow Six Siege			Unusable, on a Korean War poster	2015
Mafia III				2016
Heroes & Generals			M1, M1A1 and M1/M2 variants, also with M84 scope	2016
Civilization VI				2016
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades				2016
Call of Duty: WWII				2017
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam			was added in update 1.07	2017
Battlefield V	"M1A1 Carbine"		M1A1	2018
The Walking Dead: The Final Season		heat shield		2018
Squad 44: Letters From The Front			Both M1 and M1A1 variants; M1 introduced in "Day of Days" update	2018
Vigor	"M2 Carbine"		Early-pattern M1, incorrectly called M2, fires in full auto, holds 30 rounds in a 15 round magazine	2018
State of Decay 2			M1 and M1A1	2018
Enlisted	"M1 Carbine"		M1	2021
	"M1 Carbine"		Post-WWII M1, currently only used as tank decoration
	"M1 Carbine with grenade thrower"	with M8 Grenade Launcher	M1
	"M1A1 Carbine"		M1A1
	"M1A2 Carbine"		M1A2
Battlefield 2042	M2 Carbine		M1 Carbine model with M2 select fire in gampelay; 30-round magazines. Added in Season 2	2021
Sniper Elite 5				2022
Marauders	"M1A1 Para"	Universal folding-stock	M1A1; Incorrectly chambered in .32 ACP	2022
Military Conflict: Vietnam				2022

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Orguss 02	Rivellian soldiers		1993
The Cockpit	American soldiers	Ep. 3 "Knight of the Iron Dragon"	1993
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front	Aquironia Police		1994
Devil Lady	SAT		1998-1999
Monster	A Ruhenheim townsman		2004
Monster	Inspector Lunge		2004
Soul Eater		"Legend of the Holy Sword 2 – Wanna Go Drinking, Gambling, and Playing?" (E17)	2009-2009
Strike Witches: The Movie	Liberian soldier		2012

Animation

Title	Character	Note	Date
The Iron Giant	U.S. Army soldiers		1999

M2/M2A1 Carbine

M2 Carbine - .30 Carbine

M2 Carbine with sling and muzzle brake - .30 Carbine

M2A1 Carbine - .30 Carbine

The M2 Carbine is a select fire upgrade of the M1 Carbine that was developed in late 1944/early 1945. No examples of the M2 Carbine were issued before the surrender of Nazi Germany, however, there were some field conversion kits for altering M1 Carbines sent to units for field testing before the end of the war. Though not impossible, it would be very rare to see an M2 in any sort of action prior to Germany's surrender (however, they do show up in late war combat photographs in the South Pacific). The M2s were common among the occupation forces and U.S. Forces in Korea (1950-1953). M2 Carbine along with the M1 Carbine were used by the Army of The Republic of Vietnam as well as the Vietnamese police. US Army soldiers and Marines also used solely the M2 Carbine in extremely small numbers. A small number of M1 and M2 Carbines were captured by the National Liberation Front, also known as the Vietcong, who used them against anti-communist forces.

Note: Just because an M1 Carbine is seen with a 30 round magazine, it doesn't automatically make it an M2 carbine. In movie armories and in real life, there were many more M1 Carbines built than M2s and many forces still used the M1 Carbine all around the world, as well as law enforcement into the 1970s. There must be a visible selector switch or the weapon must be seen firing fully automatic to declare it to be an M2 Carbine.