M1 Carbine

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.

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.

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)

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

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
Man in the High Castle, The - Season 4		American Resistance fighters		2019
Magnum P.I.		suspects		2019
Man in the High Castle, The - Season 3		American Resistance fighters		2018
Man in the High Castle, The - Season 3	Janet Kidder	Lila Jacobs	"Sabre"	2018
Yellowstone		native Americans		2018
Parer's War		US Marines		2014
Mob City	Jon Bernthal	Detective Teague		2013
Under the Dome	Dean Norris	James "Big Jim" Rennie		2013-2015
Top Shot - Season 4	Various	Various	"Sweating Bullets" (S4E1)	2012
Leverage		U.S. Army soldier	"The Van Gogh Job" (S4E04)	2011
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
The Pacific	Freddie Joe Farnsworth	1st Lt. Thomas Stanley	Trench gun	2010
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
Firefly		various extras	"Heart of Gold" (S01E13)	2003
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	Phil McKee	Major Strayer		2001
Band of Brothers		U.S. Army soldiers	With and without folding stocks	2001
Julie Lescaut			Seen in the arms rack/ "L'école du crime" (S09E01)	2000
Homicide: Life on the Street	David Eigenberg	Alex Robey	"Sniper (Part 2)" (S4E09)	1996
Bergerac	Mark Sproston	The assassin	With sniper scope; "The Assassin" (S09E09)	1991
Bergerac	Tim Douglas	Baker	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Old Acquaintance" (S07E07)	1989
	Derrick Branche	Damian Shore	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Second Time Around" (S07E09)
Crime Story	Billy Campbell	Detective Joey Indelli		1986-1988
Crime Story	Dennis Farina	Lt. Torello		1986-1988
Police Story		assassin	"Chief"(SO1E21)	1973-1977
The Equalizer	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	Pilot	1985-1989
On Wings of Eagles		Revolutionaries		1986
On Wings of Eagles		Prison guards		1986
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
Bergerac	Bill Weston	John Causebrook	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Low Profile" (S04E04)	1985
Bergerac	Denis Lawson	Georges Giroux	Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "A Miracle Every Week" (S02E07)	1983
S.W.A.T.	Geoffrey Lewis	Jack Bonelli		1975-1976
Planet of the Apes (TV Series)	Ron Harper	Colonel Alan Virdon	Visually modified	1974
M*A*S*H (TV Series)		Various characters on guard duty and some patients		1972-1983
Mission Impossible	Barry Atwater	Matthew Royce	"The Western" (S07E21)	1972-1973
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	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	"Memory" (S01E02)	1966
Mission: Impossible	Gene LeBell	Sudow	"A Spool There Was" (S01E09)	1966
Mission: Impossible	Barry Cahill	guard	"Carriers" (S01E10)	1966
Mission: Impossible		guards/henchmen		1966-1967
Mission: Impossible		guards/henchmen		1967-1968
Garrison's Gorillas	Various	Dutch Resistance		1967-1968
Hogan's Heroes	Felice Orlandi	Maurice Dubois		1965-1971
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.		various characters		1964-1968
I Spy	Bill Cosby	Alexander Scott		1964-1968
I Spy	Robert Culp	Kelly Robinson		1964-1968
Combat!	Rick Jason	Lt. Hanley		1962-1967

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Call of Duty (2003)			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
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
Forgotten Hope 2	".30cal M1 Carbine"		M1 Carbine and M1A1 with folding stock	2007
Cross Fire	"M1A1 Carbine"		M1A1	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
Death to Spies: Moment of Truth				2009
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
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
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades				2016
Call of Duty: WWII				2017
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam			was added in update 1.07	2017
The Walking Dead: The Final Season		heat shield		2018
Post Scriptum			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

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
Monster	A Ruhenheim townsman		2004
	Inspector Lunge
Strike Witches: The Movie	A Liberion soldier		2012

Animation

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

M2 Carbine

M2 Carbine - .30 Carbine

M2 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.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Oba: The Last Samurai	Sean McGowan	Capt. Lewis	Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines	2011
Oba: The Last Samurai	James Judd	Lt. 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
Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana)		Carabinieri		1981
The Odd Angry Shot		Viet Cong		1979
Death Force		Soldiers		1978
The Eagle Has Landed	Larry Hagman	Col. Clarence E. Pitts		1976
The Eagle Has Landed	Treat Williams	Capt. Harry Clark		1976
The Eagle Has Landed		Various U.S. Army Rangers		1976
Hennessy	Eric Porter	Sean Tobin		1975
Che!	Omar Sharif	Che Guevara		1969
Skyjacked		Soviet troops	Mocked up to resemble AK-47 rifles	1972
Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia)		Carabinieri		1972
Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia)		"Anonymous police" sniper	With a scope	1972

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
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
Alliance of Valiant Arms			2007
Karma Online			2011
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades			2016
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam		was added in update 1.07	2017
Battlefield V	"M2 Carbine"	added in the "Into the Jungle" chapter (2020)	2018

M3 Carbine

M3 Carbine with M1 / M2 scope - .30 Carbine

The M3 Carbine in its final configuration with the M3 scope, including backpack for the infrared sight's large 12-volt battery. - .30 Carbine

The M3 Carbine (T3 Carbine during WWII, where it was used during the invasion of Okinawa, using the old T-for-trial nomenclature that was replaced with the modern XM) is an M2 Carbine fitted with an early active infrared scope, requiring a large IR lamp to provide illumination for the scope. Two main configurations were produced, the M1 / M2 scope with the lamp mounted underneath the weapon (which was found to render it prone to accidental damage) and the M3 with it mounted on top of the scope tube; the latter featured a better detector, increasing the effective range from 76 yards to 125. A forward pistol grip was also added to aid in handling the M3's increased bulk, and Korean War versions have a conical T23 flash hider added to prevent muzzle flash from creating a disruptive flare in the scope. An external power source for the infrared sight had to be carried in a backpack, using a 6-volt battery with a vibrator / transformer to step this up to the 4,250 the M1 and M2 scopes required; the M3 scope used a 12-volt battery stepped up to 20,000.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The 'Burbs	Bruce Dern	Rumsfield		1989
The Omega Man		Seen on a chair and in a gun rack in Neville's apartment; scope mounted on a Browning Automatic Rifle		1971

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.		henchmen	"The Iowa-Scuba Affair" (S01E02)	1964-1968

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	"Snooper Rifle"	with suppressor and infrared scope	anachronistic	2001
Battlefield V	"M3 Carbine"	with suppressor and infrared scope	added with June 2020 update	2018

Iver Johnson Enforcer Pistol

The Iver Johnson Enforcer is a "pistol" built from M1 Carbine parts. It lacks a buttstock, has a nine inch barrel, and is about 20 inches in length overall. These characteristics mean it does not meet the legal definition of a "rifle" under US state and federal law (barrel of 16 inches or more, 26 inches in length overall, and fitted with a buttstock) and is thus considered a pistol.

Iver-Johnson Enforcer Pistol - .30 Carbine

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Black Dynamite	Byron Minns	Bullhorn		2009
Trailer Park of Terror				2008
Stiletto				2008
Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Antonio Banderas	El Mariachi		2003
Christmas Rush		Ghost Dragons gangster		2002
I Shot Andy Warhol	Lili Taylor	Valerie Jean Solanas		1996
I Shot Andy Warhol		Revolutionary		1996
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
Dark Angel		Krit	"…And Jesus Brought a Casserole" (S1E22)	2000

Howa M300

Howa Model 300 - .30 Carbine

Howa New Model 300 (NM300) - .30 Carbine. The NM300 features rear sights similar to the M1 Carbine.

The Howa M300 is a Japanese hunting rifle based on the M1 Carbine. It was developed in 1960 and produced by the Howa Machinery Co. A distinctive feature of this model is a front located iron sight, unlike the original M1.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
A Colt Is My Passport	Jô Shishido	Shûji Kamimura		1967
	Akio Miyabe	Miyoshi
	Chigusa Takayama	Tsugawa's servant
		Shimazu's thug
G.I. Samurai	Shin'ichi Chiba	Lt. Yoshiaki Iba		1979
	Kôji Naka	Mimura
		JGSDF soldiers
United Red Army		United Red Army Members	NM300, Customized Back Iron Sight and Without Upper Handguard	2007

Erma Werke Model E M1

Erma Werke Model E M1 with 10-round magazine - .22LR

Erma Werke Model ESG 22 with 5-round magazine and removed rear sight - .22WMR

The Erma Werke Model E M1 is a .22 caliber semi-auto carbine based on the M1 Carbine. It was designed in the early 1960s as a training rifle for the Bundeswehr that used cheaper ammo than service M1 Carbines. The first user of the E M1 was the Austrian Gendarmerie. Numerous E M1 carbines were sold commercially under different names and with slight variations, but all were manufactured in Germany by Erma Werke. Manufacturing started in 1966 and continued until Erma Werke declared bankruptcy in 1997. It was available in several versions including the ESG 22 chambered in .22 WMR, and the sporterised EGMI Model 70 which features traditional sling swivels rather than the original M1 style sling hole in the stock and has an exposed blade front sight. The E M1 saw a brief resurgence in 1999 when it was manufactured by Suhler Jagd und Sportwaffen GmbH as the Erma Suhl Ranger (differentiated by its plainer finish and suppressor threaded barrel), however production was limited and ceased after only a few years.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Angels of Terror			E M1; On Dr. Ellis' gun rack	1971
Death of a Hoodlum (Muerte de un quinqui)	Heinrich Starhemberg	Ricardo	E M1	1975
	Julia Saly	Elena

See Also

• Erma Werke - A list of weapons produced by Erma Werke