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M1 Carbine
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The M1 Carbine was 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, NCOs and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. Despite its lack of 'knockdown' power, it was popular, primarily due to its handiness and lightweight and was seen in front line usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II.
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 to this day.
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
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
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Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed | US Army soldiers | 2012 | ||
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed | Corbin Allred | T-5 Rossi | M1A1 Carbine | 2012 |
Memorial Day | US Army Soldiers | With anachronistic bayonet lugs, with and without folding stock | 2011 | |
My Way | US Army Soldiers | w/ anachronistic bayonet lugs | 2011 | |
The Heineken Kidnapping | Dutch SWAT team | WWII era model | 2011 | |
The Heineken Kidnapping | Dutch SWAT team | paratrooper stock and customized grips | 2011 | |
The Front Line (2011) | South Korean Army | 2011 | ||
Death and Glory in Changde | Ray Lui | Lt. Gen. Yu Chengwan | 2010 | |
Death and Glory in Changde | Fan Lei | Col. Chang Ruan | 2010 | |
Death and Glory in Changde | Chinese officers | 2010 | ||
71: Into the Fire | Seung-woo Kim | Kang Suk-Dae | with 30-round magazine | 2010 |
71: Into the Fire | US Army soldiers | w/ 30-round magazine | 2010 | |
71: Into the Fire | South Korean soldiers | w/ 30-round magazine | 2010 | |
New Kids Turbo | Dutch police sniper | 2010 | ||
Inglorious Basterds | American Soldiers | 2009 | ||
Black Dynamite | Militant | 2009 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
Warbirds | Brian Krause | Colonel Jack Toller | 2008 | |
Warbirds | Caleb Michaelson | Sergeant John Lee | 2008 | |
Warbirds | Jon McCarthy | Sergeant Murphy | 2008 | |
Desperation | Steven Weber | Steve Ames | 2006 | |
Flags of our Fathers | Adam Beach | PFC Ira Hayes | 2006 | |
Flags of our Fathers | Barry Pepper | Sgt. Mike Strank | 2006 | |
Flags of our Fathers | U.S. Marines | 2006 | ||
Land of the Dead | Robert Joy | Charlie | 2005 | |
The Lost City | Nestor Carbonell | Luis Fellove | 2005 | |
The Lost City | Cuban rebels, police, army | 2005 | ||
Coronado | Kristin Dattilo | Claire Winslow | 2003 | |
Coronado | Numerous rebels | 2003 | ||
We Were Soldiers | Vietnamese ARVN interpreter | 2002 | ||
In China They Eat Dogs | A gangster | 1999 | ||
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 | |
The Postman | Kevin Costner | The Postman | 1997 | |
Heaven's Burning | STAR team member | 1997 | ||
Mulholland Falls | U.S. Army soldiers | 1996 | ||
A Midnight Clear | Kevin Dillon | Mel Avakian | 1992 | |
Pink Cadillac | Clint Eastwood | Tommy Nowak | 1989 | |
Good Morning Vietnam | American troops | 1987 | ||
Ishtar | Dustin Hoffman | Chuck Clarke | 1987 | |
Nadine | Jeff Bridges | Vernon Hightower | 1987 | |
F/X | Assassin | 1986 | ||
Under Fire | FSLN rebels | 1983 | ||
Thief | Mobster | 1981 | ||
Green Ice | Colombian guerillas | 1981 | ||
Brubaker | 1980 | |||
...And Justice For All | Police officers | 1979 | ||
Midnight Express | Turkish police | 1978 | ||
Go Tell the Spartans | South Vietnamese troops | 1978 | ||
Go Tell the Spartans | Marc Singer | CPT Alfred Olivetti | 1978 | |
Go Tell the Spartans | Craig Wasson | CPL Courcey | 1978 | |
Go Tell the Spartans | Jonathan Goldsmith | 1SG Oleonowski | 1978 | |
Go Tell the Spartans | Evan C. Kim | Cowboy | 1978 | |
Black Sunday | Terrorists, police officers and Israeli commandos | 1977 | ||
Police Python 357 | French criminals | 1976 | ||
Dog Day Afternoon | Al Pacino | Sonny | 1975 | |
Jaws | Carried by man patrolling waters | 1975 | ||
The Deadly Tower | Kurt Russell | Charles Whitman | 1975 | |
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | George Kennedy | Red Leary | 1974 | |
The Terrorists | Various police and military personnel | 1974 | ||
Charley Varrick | Police officers | 1973 | ||
Scorpio | Alain Delon | Jean Laurier a.k.a. "Scorpio" | 1973 | |
The Crazies (1973) | U.S. National guard | 1973 | ||
Hickey & Boggs | Black revolutionaries | 1972 | ||
The Omega Man | Seen in Neville's gun rack | Post WW2 version | 1971 | |
Cotton Comes to Harlem | Robbers | M1A1 Carbine | 1970 | |
Mr. Freedom | Various | 1969 | ||
The Bridge at Remagen | George Segal | Lt. Phil Hartman | 1969 | |
The Bridge at Remagen | Paul Prokop | Captain John Colt | 1969 | |
Planet of the Apes | Charlton Heston | Commander Taylor | Visually modified | 1968 |
Planet of the Apes | Apes | Visually modified | 1968 | |
Targets | Tim O'Kelly | Bobby Thompson | 1968 | |
The Green Berets | David Janssen | George Beckworth | 1968 | |
The Green Berets | George Takei | Captain Nim | 1968 | |
The Green Berets | U.S. Navy Seabees, ARVN soldiers and Viet Cong | 1968 | ||
The Sergeant | Rod Steiger | MSgt. Albert Callan | 1968 | |
The Last Adventure | Hans Meyer | The Mercenary | 1967 | |
The Last Adventure | Lino Ventura | Roland Darbont | 1967 | |
The Last Adventure | The henchman | 1967 | ||
The Battle of Algiers | French soldiers | 1966 | ||
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters | US Navy personnel | 1966 | ||
The 317th Platoon | Jacques Perrin | 2nd Lt. Torrens | 1965 | |
Alphaville | French security force | 1965 | ||
None but the Brave | Tommy Sands | 2nd Lt. Blair | 1965 | |
Dr. Strangelove | Keenan Wynn | Col."Bat"Guano | 1964 | |
Goldfinger | U.S. Army soldiers | 1964 | ||
The Manchurian Candidate | Frank Sinatra | Capt. Marco | 1962 | |
Hell Is for Heroes | U.S. Army soldiers | 1962 | ||
Merrill's Marauders | Jeff Chandler | General Merrill | 1962 | |
The Longest Day | French Resistance and US Forces | 1962 | ||
The Longest Day | Roddy McDowall | Private Morris | 1962 | |
Hell to Eternity | . | US Marines | anachronistic | 1960 |
Pork Chop Hill | Cliff Ketchum | Cpl. Payne | 1959 | |
Pork Chop Hill | Gregory Peck | Lt. Joe Clemons | 1959 | |
Pork Chop Hill | Norman Fell | S/Sgt. Coleman | 1959 | |
Pork Chop Hill | U.S. Army soldiers | 1959 | ||
Never So Few | Frank Sinatra | Cpt. Tom Reynolds | 1959 | |
Never So Few | Burmese soldiers | 1959 | ||
The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) | French foreign legionaries | 1958 | ||
The Young Lions | U.S. Army soldiers | 1958 | ||
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 | |
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Donald Curtis | Maj. Huglin | 1956 | |
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Used by U.S. Air Force soldiers | 1956 | ||
To Hell and Back | Audie Murphy | Himself | 1955 | |
The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Earl Holliman | Nestor Gamidge | 1954 | |
The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Mickey Rooney | CWO Mike Forney | 1954 | |
The Bridges at Toko-Ri | William Holden | Lt. Harry Brubaker | 1954 | |
War of the Worlds, The (1953) | War of the Worlds, The (1953) | 1953 | ||
Carbine Williams | James Stewart | David "Carbine" Williams | 1952 | |
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) | U.S. Army soldiers | 1951 | ||
Go for Broke! | Van Johnson | 2LT Michael Grayson | 1951 | |
Go for Broke! | Henry Oyasato | 2LT Ohhara | 1951 | |
Go for Broke! | Dan Riss | Captain Solari | 1951 | |
Halls of Montezuma | Richard Widmark | Lt. Anderson | with anachronistic bayonet lug | 1951 |
Halls of Montezuma | Reginald Gardner | Sgt. Johnson | with anachronistic bayonet lug | 1951 |
Halls of Montezuma | US Marines | with anachronistic bayonet lug | 1951 | |
When Worlds Collide | 1951 | |||
The Steel Helmet | U.S. Army soldiers | World War II model | 1951 | |
Battleground | U.S. Army Airborne Paratroopers | 1949 | ||
A Walk In The Sun | U.S Bazooka Team | 1945 | ||
The Story of G.I. Joe | U.S. Soldiers | 1945 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
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Top Shot - Season 4 | Various | Various | "Sweating Bullets" (S4E1) | 2012 |
Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Gangsters | "Little Little Italy" (S01E02) | 2011 | |
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 | |
Tankboy | Charles Knight aka Tankboy | U.S. Ranger during WW2 Op | 2009 | |
Weaponology | 101st Airborne troops, French troops | 2007-2008 | ||
Jericho (TV series) | Gerald McRaney | Johnston Green | 2006-2008 | |
Jericho (TV series) | Skeet Ulrich | Jake Green | 2006-2008 | |
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 | ||
Mail Call | Re-enactors | M1 and M1A1 variant | 2002- | |
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 | U.S. Army soldiers | With and without folding stocks | 2001 | |
Crime Story | Dennis Farina | Lt. Torello | 1986-1988 | |
Police Story | assassin | "Chief"(SO1E21) | 1973-1977 | |
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 | ||
M*A*S*H (TV Series) | Various characters on guard duty and some patients | 1972-1983 | ||
Hawaii Five-O | Jay J. Armes | Stoner | Fitted with a scope, wire stock and forward pistol grip. Season 6 Episode: "Hookman" | 1968-1980 |
Hawaii Five-O | Jack Lord | Steve McGarrett | Season 2 Episode: "Savage Sunday" | 1968-1980 |
Mission Impossible (TV Series) /Season 1, Old Man Out part 2 | Border guard | 1966-1973 | ||
Hogan's Heroes | Felice Orlandi | Maurice Dubois | 1965-1971 | |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | . | THRUSH agents | A modified M1 with an infrared sniper scope, rather than an M3 | 1964-1968 |
Combat! | Rick Jason | Lt. Hanley | 1962-1967 |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
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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 | 2008 | |||
Forgotten Hope 2 | M1 Carbine and M1A1 with folding stock | 2005 | ||
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood | M1A1 with folding stock | 2005 | ||
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 | M1A1 with folding stock | 2005 | ||
Call of Duty (2003) | M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight | 2003 | ||
Call of Duty 2 | Original M1, referred to as M1A1 | 2005 | ||
Call of Duty: Big Red One | 2005 | |||
Call of Duty: United Offensive | M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight | 2004 | ||
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | 2006 | |||
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | 2004 | |||
Silent Storm | 2003 | |||
Vietcong | 2003 | |||
7554 | 2011 | |||
Forgotten Hope | M1 and M1A1 Carbine | 2003 | ||
Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 2003 | |||
Karma Online | 2011 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
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Orguss 02 | Rivellian soldiers | 1993 |
Animation
Title | Character | Note | Date |
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The Iron Giant | U.S. Army soldiers | 1999 |
M2 Carbine
The M2 Carbine was 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.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
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Oba: The Last Samurai | Sean McGowan | Captain Lewis | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 |
Oba: The Last Samurai | James Judd | Lieutenant Lang | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 |
Oba: The Last Samurai | US Marines | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 | |
Oba: The Last Samurai | Mao Inoue | Chieko Aono | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 |
Oba: The Last Samurai | Japanese guerrillas | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 | |
Che | Benicio del Toro | Che Guevara | 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 | ||
Sweat | Hubert Saint-Macary | Grease-Monkey | Sawn-off with the metal barrel shroud | 2002 |
Apocalypse Now | French colonists | 1979 | ||
The Odd Angry Shot | Viet Cong | 1979 | ||
The Eagle Has Landed | Larry Hagman | Col. Pitts | 1976 | |
The Eagle Has Landed | Treat Williams | Captain Clark | 1976 | |
The Eagle Has Landed | Various U.S. Army Rangers | 1976 | ||
Hennessy | Sean Tobin, IRA hit squad | 1975 | ||
Skyjacked | Soviet troops | Mocked up to resemble AK-47 rifles | 1972 | |
Murderers' Row | Dean Martin | Matt Helm | 1966 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
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State Border: Film 6, The | Can be seen in documentary footage | 1987 | ||
Vegas (2012) | . | Kidnappers | Episode:"Solid Citizens" (S1E05) | 2012-???? |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
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Alliance of Valiant Arms | 2007 | ||
Karma Online | 2011 |
M3 Carbine
The M3 Carbine was an M2 Carbine fitted with an early night-vision scope and active infrared sight. By the end of the Korean War, a forward pistol grip had been added to aid in handling the M3's increased bulk. An external power source for the infrared sight had to be carried in a backpack.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
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The 'Burbs | Bruce Dern | Rumsfield | 1989 | |
The Omega Man | Seen on a chair and in a gun rack in Neville's apartment | 1971 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein | "Snooper Rifle" | with suppressor and infrared scope | anachronistic | 2001 |
Stubbs the Zombie | U.S. Army snipers | 2005 |
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Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
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Black Dynamite | Byron Minns | Bullhorn | 2009 | |
Trailer Park of Terror | 2008 | |||
Stiletto | 2008 | |||
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Antonio Banderas | El Mariachi | 2003 | |
El Mariachi | Hitman | 1992 | ||
Good Guys Wear Black | Chuck Norris | John T. Booker | 1978 | |
The Gauntlet | Hitman | 1977 | ||
Slaughter | Don Gordon | 1972 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
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Dark Angel | Krit | "…And Jesus Brought a Casserole" (S1E22) | 2000 |