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M1 Garand
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." 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.
Much is made of the "ping" sound that occurred when the metal clip ejects or lands 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. A survey of users during the Korean War found a small number concerned over the possibility, but far more deemed it a helpful reminder of needing to reload than a potential hazard.
The Garand served in both theaters in WWII 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. After WW2, many European countries made use of the Garand during the early days of NATO, both by rearming themselves with US Surplus/Aid and some Italian production. The M14 and Beretta BM59 are essentially Garands redesigned for select-fire operation and use of a detachable magazine.
There were also 2 sniper variants of the M1 Garand rifle being the M1C (formerly M1E7, introduced in June 1944) and M1D (formerly M1E8, introduced in September 1944). The only difference between the 2 models was the mounting system for the telescopic sights, with the first needing to be installed during a rifle's construction and the second requiring only a barrel swap. The M1C could mount the M73, M81, M82 and M84 scopes using a Griffin & Howe mount affixed to the left side of the received, whereas the M1D could mount the M82 and M84 scopes in a Springfield Armory mount attached to the rear of the barrel (for proper identification use the following method: M1C has 2 mounting rings for the sight, M1D has only a single ring). Both served in WW2 and saw relatively limited service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The relative inaccuracy of the M1 as an early semi-auto and difficulties with the production of the scoped variants made the sniper variants relatively rare.
At the end of WW2 there were some trials with a shortened M1 Garand carbine version called the T26 Tanker Garand in the Philippines. Although the weapon has never been officially adopted by the US Forces, there are commercial versions available on the market. After NATO's adoption of 7.62x51mm NATO, many M1s were converted to use the new ammo (either by a total rebarreling or less reliable barrel sleeve) and produced in the caliber to start.
The Garand is popular today, because of its design, effectiveness and historical presence. The rifle's legacy is significant enough that original spec M2 Ball (required to run the rifle reliably without modification) is still produced in significant numbers. General George S. Patton described the Garand as "the greatest battle implement ever devised".
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)
- Muzzle velocity: 2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)
- Capacity: 8-round "en bloc" clip
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
The M1 Garand and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
M1 Garand
Springfield T20E2: select-fire Garand with 20-round detachable magazine, a forerunner to the M14 Rifle - .30-06
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Island | US troops | 1942 | ||
| 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 Third Man | US troops | 1949 | ||
| Breakthrough | Dick Wesson | Pvt. Sammy Hansen | 1950 | |
| Frank Lovejoy | Sgt. Bell | |||
| Paul Picerni | Pvt. Edward P. Rojeck | |||
| Richard Monahan | Pvt. 'Four-Eff' Nelson | |||
| Edward Norris | Sgt. Roy Henderson | |||
| US soldiers | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Decision Before Dawn | George Tyne | Sgt. Griffin | 1951 | |
| Retreat, Hell! | Russ Tamblyn | Jimmy McDermid | 1952 | |
| Various actors | US Marines | Featured with and without M1 bayonet and M7 rifle grenade launcher | ||
| Battle Circus | US Army soldiers | 1953 | ||
| The War of the Worlds | US Army soldiers and Marines | 1953 | ||
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | National Guard soldiers and NYPD officers | 1953 | ||
| Godzilla | Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces soldiers | 1954 | ||
| White Christmas | US Army soldiers | 1954 | ||
| Them! | US Army soldiers | 1954 | ||
| Beachhead | Tony Curtis | Burke | 1954 | |
| To Hell and Back | Audie Murphy | Himself | 1955 | |
| Charles Drake | Pvt. Brandon | |||
| Marshall Thompson | Pvt. Johnson | |||
| Various | Various characters | |||
| Battle Cry | Various | US Marines | 1955 | |
| It Came from Beneath the Sea | Various | US Navy sailors | 1955 | |
| Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Various | US Army soldiers | 1956 | |
| Between Heaven and Hell | National Guardsmen | 1956 | ||
| Attack | Buddy Ebsen | Tolliver | 1956 | |
| 20 Million Miles to Earth | Various | US Marines and Italian soldiers | 1957 | |
| Men in War | Vic Morrow | Cpl. James Zwickley | 1957 | |
| Invasion of the Saucer Men | US Air Force guards | 1957 | ||
| Darby's Rangers | Murray Hamilton | Sgt. Sims Delancey | 1958 | |
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | |||
| The Young Lions | Various actors | US Army soldiers | 1958 | |
| Dean Martin | Michael Whiteacre | |||
| Montgomery Clift | Noah Ackerman | |||
| When Hell Broke Loose | Charles Bronson | Steve Boland | 1958 | |
| The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) | French Foreign Legion | 1958 | ||
| Pork Chop Hill | US Army soldiers | 1959 | ||
| Woody Strode | Pvt. Franklin | |||
| Hell to Eternity | US Marines | 1960 | ||
| G.I. Blues | Arch Johnson | MSG McGraw | Only on promotion still | 1960 |
| Reptilicus | Danish soldiers | 1961 | ||
| 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 Black Seagull (Chyornaya chayka) | Cuban soldiers | 1962 | ||
| Manchurian Candidate, The | US Army honor guard | 1962 | ||
| The Longest Day | John Wayne | Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort | 1963 | |
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | |||
| Dr. Strangelove | US forces | 1964 | ||
| The Thin Red Line | Jack Warden | 1st Sgt. Welsh | 1964 | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Season 1 | Unknown THRUSH agent | Used with M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher | 1964 | |
| Seven Days in May | Martin Balsam | Paul Girard | 1964 | |
| I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) | Cuban government soldiers and guerrillas | 1964 | ||
| Kissin' Cousins | US Army soldiers | With M1 bayonets | 1964 | |
| Battle of the Bulge | George Montgomery | Sgt. Duquesne | M1C Garand | 1965 |
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | Featured with and without M7 rifle grenade launcher | ||
| Help! | Various actors | Cult member and Bahamian police | 1965 | |
| None But the Brave | US Marines | 1965 | ||
| Cast a Giant Shadow | US 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 | ||
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Carroll O'Connor | Gen. Bolt | 1966 | |
| Art Lewis | Needleman | with and without M1 bayonet | ||
| US Army soldiers | with and without M1 bayonet | |||
| Beach Red | Marines | 1967 | ||
| The Born Losers | Tom Laughlin | Billy Jack | 1967 | |
| The President's Analyst | US Marines | white parade slings | 1967 | |
| 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 | ||
| Anzio | Giancarlo Giannini | Private Cellini | 1968 | |
| If.... | Combined Cadet Force | 1968 | ||
| Che! | Omar Sharif | Che Guevara | 1969 | |
| The Bridge at Remagen | Various actors | US Army soldiers | 1969 | |
| 100 Rifles | Michael Forest | Humara | 1969 | |
| Mexican soldiers | ||||
| Castle Keep | Al Freeman Jr. | Private Allistair Piersall Benjamin | 1969 | |
| Kelly's Heroes | Gene Collins | Pvt. Babra | 1970 | |
| Patton | American soldiers | 1970 | ||
| Catch-22 | American honor guard | 1970 | ||
| Joe | Peter Boyle | Joe Curran | 1970 | |
| The Omega Man | 1971 | |||
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | JGSDF personnel | 1972 | ||
| Savage Sisters | Various actors | Philippine soldiers, guerrillas | 1974 | |
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Thugs | 1975 | ||
| Jaws | Roy Scheider | Police chief Martin Brody | 1975 | |
| Robert Shaw | Quint | |||
| The Muthers | Rocco Montalban | Rocco | 1976 | |
| Various actors | Pirates, Camp guards | |||
| The ... Beautiful Country (il ... Belpaese) | Carabinieri | 1977 | ||
| Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) | French soldiers, Viet Minh fighters | 1977 | ||
| A Bridge Too Far | Ryan O'Neal | Brigadier General James Gavin | 1977 | |
| Death Force | Soldiers | 1978 | ||
| Go Tell the Spartans | South Vietnamese troops | 1978 | ||
| National Lampoon's Animal House | ROTC cadets | 1978 | ||
| Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo) | carabiniers and policemen | 1978 | ||
| The Inglorious Bastards | French Resistance member | 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 | ||
| Stripes | recruits | 1981 | ||
| The Border (1982) | Honor Guard Detail | 1982 | ||
| Year of Living Dangerously, The | US Marine guards | 1982 | ||
| Uncommon Valor | Gene Hackman | Col. Rhodes | 1983 | |
| Code Name: Wild Geese | Manfred Lehmann | Klein | M1D with M84 scope and fake suppressor | 1984 |
| Ninja III: The Domination | Phoenix PD officers | 1984 | ||
| A Soldier's Story | soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Volunteers | US Marines | on TV news show | 1985 | |
| Nadine | Gary Grubbs | Cecil | 1987 | |
| Extreme Prejudice | one of Cash's men | semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling | 1987 | |
| Six Against the Rock | US Marines | 1987 | ||
| Empire of the Sun | US Soldiers | 1987 | ||
| Equalizer 2000 | Rebels | 1987 | ||
| The Deer Hunter | Matthew Broderick | Eugene Morris Jerome | 1988 | |
| Biloxi Blues | Matthew Broderick | Eugene Morris Jerome | 1988 | |
| Hell Comes to Frogtown | Borger guards | 1988 | ||
| Return of the Killer Tomatoes | US Army soldiers | 1988 | ||
| RoboCop 2 | 1990 | |||
| Born on the Fourth of July | veterans | 1989 | ||
| Air America | soldiers of Laotian General Soong | 1990 | ||
| Cape Fear | Various actors | US Army soldiers on an allegorical car | 1991 | |
| Diên Biên Phú | Viet Minh | 1992 | ||
| 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 | |
| Clear and Present Danger | Air Force Honor Guard | 1994 | ||
| Mulholland Falls | Various actors | LAPD honor guard | 1996 | |
| Life Is Beautiful | American soldiers | 1996 | ||
| The English Patient | American soldiers | 1996 | ||
| Saving Private Ryan | Various actors | US 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 | US Army soldiers | |||
| When Trumpets Fade | Zak Orth | Pvt. Sanderson | 1998 | |
| Dylan Bruno | Sgt. Talbot | |||
| Martin Donovan | Capt. Pritchett | |||
| Blues Brothers 2000 | Militiaman | 1998 | ||
| The Matrix | Seen in the Virtual Armory behind Trinity | 1999 | ||
| Harsh Realm | Brad Greenquist | Captain Wolfe | M1-D Sniper Variant with M84 scope | 1999 |
| American Beauty | 1999 | |||
| X-Men | US Marine Honor Guard | 2000 | ||
| Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies | archive footage | 2001 | ||
| Pearl Harbor | Newsreel footage | US military personnel | 2001 | |
| A Beautiful Mind | US soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Windtalkers | Martin Henderson | Private Nellie | 2002 | |
| Mark Ruffalo | Private Pappas | |||
| The Quiet American | Gen. The's soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Secondhand Lions | 2003 | |||
| Saints and Soldiers | Corbin Allred | Cpl. Nathan 'Deacon' Greer | 2003 | |
| Deacons for Defense | some Deacons | 2003 | ||
| Hellboy | Angus MacInnes | Sgt. Whitman | 2004 | |
| Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | South Korean soldier | 2004 | ||
| Siamese Outlaws | Polices | 2004 | ||
| The Notebook | soldiers | 2004 | ||
| The Great Raid | Craig McLachlan | Lt. Riley | 2005 | |
| Sam Worthington | PFC Lucas | |||
| Various actors | US Rangers and some Filipino resistance | one seen with M7 rifle grenade launcher | ||
| Thank You For Smoking | 2005 | |||
| 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 | US Marines | |||
| Home of the Brave | honor guard | 2006 | ||
| Letters from Iwo Jima | US Marines | 2006 | ||
| The Good Shepherd | Soldiers in the unnamed Central American country | 2006 | ||
| Philosophy of a Knife | American soldiers | archive footage | 2008 | |
| The Bridge | Lars Steinhöfel | Walter Forst | with M7 bayonet | 2008 |
| US soldiers | w/ M7 bayonet | |||
| The Red Baron | ANZAC troops | Mocked as Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* | 2008 | |
| 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 | |||
| Street Kings | LAPD honor guard | 2008 | ||
| Che Part One: Argentine | Benicio del Toro | Che Guevara | 2008 | |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Omar Benson Miller | Private First Class Samuel Train | 2008 | |
| An American Carol | 2008 | |||
| Brother's War | Various actors | US 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 | ||
| German troops | ||||
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | 2012 | |||
| Emperor | American soldiers | 2013 | ||
| Machete Kills | On gun wall | 2013 | ||
| Pacific Rim | 2013 | |||
| Diplomacy | US Army soldiers | 2014 | ||
| Fury | US Army soldiers | 2014 | ||
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Chris Evans | Steve Rogers | 2014 | |
| The Monuments Men | US troops | 2014 | ||
| Far from Men | Algerian rebels | 2014 | ||
| Muppets Most Wanted | Actors | 2014 | ||
| Bridge of Spies | US Army snipers | M1D with M84 sniper variant | 2015 | |
| Mr. Holmes | US Army soldiers | 2015 | ||
| War Pigs | US Army soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | honor guard | 2016 | ||
| Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Garfield | Desmond Doss | 2016 | |
| Vince Vaughn | Sergeant Howell | |||
| Ben O'Toole | Corporal Jessop | |||
| Richard Pyros | Randall "Teach" Fuller | |||
| Luke Bracey | Smitty Ryker | |||
| Luke Pegler | Milt "Hollywood" Zane | |||
| Firass Dirani | Vito Rinnelli | |||
| Ben Mingay | Grease Nolan | |||
| Goran D. Kleut | Andy "Ghoul" Walker | |||
| Nico Cortez | Wal Kirzinski | |||
| US Army soldiers | ||||
| Memorial Day | Aaron Courteau | Frankie Califano | 2016 | |
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | honor guard | 2016 | ||
| Daylight's End | Survivors | 2016 | ||
| Free Fire | Patrick Bergin | Howie | 2017 | |
| Babou Ceesay | Martin | |||
| Detroit | Michigan Army National Guard | 2017 | ||
| Overlord | Jovan Adepo | PFC Boyce | 2018 | |
| A War Within | Sebastian Jessen | Esben | 2018 | |
| Daughter of the Wolf | Joshua Murdoch | Phillip | 2019 | |
| Gina Carano | Clair Hamilton | |||
| Battle of Jangsari, The | South Korean Army, Student-soldiers | 2019 | ||
| To Paris! (Na Parizh) | A US Army soldier | Possibly a replica | 2019 | |
| Secret in the Mountain | US Army soldiers | 2019 | ||
| Rambo: Last Blood | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | 2019 | |
| Black Widow | Soldier on parade | 2021 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat! | Dick Peabody | Little John | 1962-1967 | |
| Pierre Jalbert | Caje | |||
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | |||
| McHale's Navy | Navy Shore Patrol, Marines | 1962-1965 | ||
| Ernest Borgnine | Lt. Cmdr. Quinton Mchale | "The Balloon Goes Up" (S2E18) | 1964 | |
| Tim Conway | Ensign Charles Parker | "Lester the Skipper" (S3E2) | 1964 | |
| Gary Vinson | George "Christy" Christopher | "McHale's Floating Laundromat" (S3E20), "The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker" (S3E23) | 1964, 1965 | |
| John Wright | Willy Moss | |||
| Edson Stroll | Virgil Edwards | |||
| Billy Sands | "Tinker" Bell | "The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker" (S3E23) | 1965 | |
| Carl Ballantine | Lester Gruber | |||
| Army soldiers and Military Police | 1965-1966 | |||
| Rat Patrol | Justin Tarr | Pvt. Tully Pettigrew | 1966-1968 | |
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | rarely used | ||
| Hawaii Five-O | USAF Honor Guard | Pilot Episode | 1968 | |
| M*A*S*H | Various actors | Various U.N. soldiers | 1972-1983 | |
| Columbo | Nate Esformes | Hakim | "A Case of Immunity" (S05E02) | 1975 |
| A Rumor of War | Brad Davis | Lt. Philip 'Phil' Caputo | Dressed up to resemble M14 Rifles | 1980 |
| Keith Carradine | Lt. Murph McCoy | |||
| Michael O'Keefe | Lt. Walter Cohen | |||
| Various actors | US Marines | |||
| Tour of Duty | Vietnamese Villager | S01E03 | 1987 | |
| Vietnamese sniper | M1C Sniper Variant / S02E06 | |||
| Michael Madsen | Sgt. Block | |||
| The X-Files - Season 1 | "The Jersey Devil" (S1E04), "Space" (S1E08) | 1993 | ||
| Star Trek: Voyager | Robert Beltran | Chakotay | "The Killing Game" | 1995-2001 |
| Robert Duncan McNeill | Tom Paris | |||
| Tim Russ | Tuvok | |||
| Roxann Dawson | B'Elanna Torres | |||
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | |||
| Band of Brothers | Damian Lewis | Richard "Dick" Winters | occasionally seen with M1 bayonet | 2001 |
| Adam James | Pvt. Cleveland Petty | |||
| Peter Youngblood Hills | Shifty Powers | occasionally seen with M1 bayonet | ||
| Ross McCall | Joseph Liebgott | |||
| James Madio | Frank Perconte | |||
| Bart Ruspoli | Pvt. Tipper | |||
| Marc Warren | Pvt. Albert Blythe | |||
| Mark Huberman | Pvt. Hashey | |||
| Douglas Spain | Pvt. Garcia | |||
| Matt Hickey | Pvt. Patrick O'Keefe | |||
| Mark Lawrence | Cpl. William Dukeman | |||
| Donnie Wahlberg | Carwood Lipton | |||
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | occasionally seen with M1 bayonet and M7 rifle grenade launcher | ||
| Ghost Whisperer | honor guard | "Pilot" (S1E01) | 2005 | |
| Foyle's War - Season 4 | US Army soldiers | "Invasion" (S4E01) | 2006 | |
| House of Saddam | Aris Sahn | Young Uday Hussein | 2008 | |
| Yigal Naor | Saddam Hussein | |||
| Mail Call | R. Lee Ermey | Himself | Seen in saddle on his jeep | 2002-2009 |
| R. Lee Ermey | Himself | equipped with M7 rifle grenade launcher / Season 1 | ||
| Newsreel footage | M1C-sniper variant / Season 1 | |||
| US Army soldier re-enactors | Season 1 | |||
| Eureka | American soliders | American soliders | 2006-2012 | |
| Life - Season 1 | LAPD Honor Guard | 2007 - 2008 | ||
| My Name is Earl | soldiers | 2008 | ||
| The Pacific | James Badge Dale | Robert Leckie | 2010 | |
| Ashton Holmes | Sid Phillips | |||
| Jacob Pitts | Bill "Hoosier" Smith | |||
| Brendan Fletcher | Bill Leyden | |||
| Joseph Mazzello | Eugene Sledge | |||
| Gary Sweet | Gunny Sgt. Elmo Haney | |||
| Various actors | US Marines | |||
| Various actors | US Army soldiers | |||
| Lost - Season 6 | one of Jacob's followers | "LA X (Part 2)" (S6E02) | 2010 | |
| CSI: Miami | Various actors | US Marine honor guard | "Come As You Are" | 2002-??? |
| Leverage | Aldis Hodge | Charlie | "The Van Gogh Job" (S4E04) | 2011 |
| Sanctuary | Various actors | US soldiers | "Normandy" | 2011 |
| Falling Skies | Extra | Resistance fighter | 2011 | |
| Foyle's War - Season 8 | US Army soldiers | "Sunflower" (S8E03) | 2013 | |
| Spies (Razvedchitsy) | A US Army soldier | Possibly Denix replica | 2013 | |
| Parer's War | US Marines | 2014 | ||
| Agent Carter | M1D - sniper model | 2015 | ||
| 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 | |
| The Crown | United States Army | episode: "Vergangenheit" (S2E06) | 2017 | |
| The Man in the High Castle | American Resistance fighters | 2019 | ||
| The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | on display in the Museum and propaganda poster; "New World Order" (S1E01), "One World, One People" (S1E06) | 2021 |
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 | |
| Medal of Honor | 1999 | |||
| Medal of Honor: Underground | Multiplayer Only | 2000 | ||
| 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 with M84 Garand | 2003 | ||
| Vietcong | M1C with M84 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 | "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 | |
| 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 |
| Call of Duty: Finest Hour | "M1 Garand" | Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied | 2004 | |
| 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 | ||
| Medal of Honor: European Assault | "M1 Garand" | With and without scope | 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 | |
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | "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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Company of Heroes | 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: Vanguard | "M1 Garand" | Can be upgraded to an M1D sniper variant by finding a scope | M1 Garand and M1D sniper variant, Cannot be reloaded until the entire clip is emptied | 2007 |
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | "M1 Garand" | Upgrades give it a match barrel, adjustable sights, and an M7 rifle grenade launcher | 2007 | |
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "M1 Garand" | Can be fitted with two types of bayonets and M7 rifle grenade launcher | 2007 | |
| Hour of Victory | 2007 | |||
| Death to Spies | 2007 | |||
| Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway | "M1 Garand" | M1C variant with M82 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 | |
| Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts | "M1 Garand" | 2008 | ||
| Battlefield 1943 | "M1 Garand" | Standard weapon of the American Rifleman class; can be fitted with M7 rifle grenade launcher; modified model stands in for the Japanese Type 5 rifle | 2009 | |
| Death to Spies: Moment of Truth | 2009 | |||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | "WWII M1 Garand" | Unlocked by registering as a Battlefield "Veteran"; modified model stands in for the Japanese Type 5 rifle | 2010 | |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | "M1C" | M1C with M82 sniper variant | 2010 | |
| Mafia II | "M1 Garand" | 2010 | ||
| Fallout: New Vegas | "Battle Rifle" / "This Machine" | 2010 | ||
| Karma Online | "M1 Garand" | 2011 | ||
| 7554 (VG) | "Garand" | 2011 | ||
| Sniper Elite V2 | M1-D | M1D with M84 variant | 2012 | |
| State of Decay | "M1 Garand" | 2013 | ||
| Payday 2 | "Galant" | Optional T62 Tanker short barrel, railed top and cloth ammo pouches | Added in Update #153 | 2013 |
| Project Reality: Normandy | With optional M7 rifle grenade launcher | 2013 | ||
| M1C with M82 sniper variant | ||||
| Company of Heroes 2 | M1 and M1C Sniper Variant; added with "The Western Front Armies" 2014 | 2013 | ||
| Enemy Front | M1 GARAND | 2014 | ||
| Sniper Elite III | M1D with M84 sniper variant | 2014 | ||
| Counter-Strike Online | M1 Garand | Chambered for 7.62 NATO | 2014 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | M1 Garand | scope, bayonet and cheekpad | 2014 | |
| Mafia III | 2016 | |||
| Heroes & Generals | "M1 Garand" | unscoped and with M84 scope (M1D) | 2016 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | |||
| Day of Infamy | M1 and M1C | 2017 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | "M1 Garand" | 2017 | ||
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | Normal variant | 2017 | ||
| M1D | ||||
| TheHunter: Call of the Wild | "M1 Iwaniec" | 2017 | ||
| Post Scriptum | Can mount bayonet and used with M7 launcher | 2018 | ||
| Battlefield V | "M1 Garand" | added in the "War in the Pacific" chapter (2019) | 2018 | |
| Insurgency Sandstorm | "M1 Garand" | can mount M7 Launcher | M1 and M1D variants | 2018 |
| Battlefield 2042 | 2021 | |||
| Enlisted | M1 Garand | 2021 | ||
| M1D Garand (M84 scope) | ||||
| M1 Garand with M7 Grenade Launcher | ||||
| Springfield Armory M1E5 |
Animation
| Film Title | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Iron Giant | US Army soldiers | With M7 rifle grenade launchers | 1999 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cockpit | US Marines | Ep. 3 "Knight of the Iron Dragon" | 1993 |
| Zipang | US Marines | 2004–2005 | |
| The Mystic Archives of Dantalian | Suitor | 2011 | |
| Strike Witches: The Movie | Liberion soldiers | 2012 | |
| Upotte!! | on Seishou Academy logo and a large sign | 2012 | |
| Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 | C³ Club | Imaginary | 2013 |
| Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief | Episode 04 | 2010 | |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Allied Kingdom and Entente Alliance mages | w/ M7 bayonet | 2017 |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie | Mary Sioux | w/ M7 bayonet | 2019 |
| Unified States mages | |||
| Jujutsu Kaisen | "Black Flash" (S1E19) | 2020-2021 |
Type 4
The Type 4 (Japanese: 四式自動小銃, Yon-shiki jidousyoujyuu), also referred to as the Type 5, is an experimental Japanese semi-automatic rifle, a copy of the M1 Garand. It is chambered in the Japanese 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge and fed via a 10-round fixed magazine, which is loaded with 5-round Arisaka stripper clips. Japan experimented with several semi-automatic rifle designs throughout the 1930s, but none were found suitable for combat. When the war in the Pacific broke out, Japanese forces found their bolt-action Arisaka rifles outgunned by American troops with M1 Garands and sought to introduce a more modern design to compete. Rather than building a new weapon from the ground up, it was decided to simply copy the M1 Garand instead. While cosmetically distinct from the Garand, the Type 4 functions as almost an exact replica of the M1 Garand.
Design of the Type 4 began in 1944, with full-scale production slated for later in 1945. However, the surrender of Japan meant production ceased without the rifle ever seeing any reported combat use, leaving much of its merits as a service rifle unknown. Approximately 250 were produced, with only about 125 actually assembled. 20 were taken by the victorious Allies for study and display, with a few turning up on the private market to this very day. Most recently, a Type 4 was sold at auction in August 2020 for $31,500 USD.
Specifications
(1944 - 1945)
- 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
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1942 | Magazine incorrectly depicted as detachable | 2002 | ||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | Image of rifle incorrectly used for M1 Garand in weapon page | 2010 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | Incorrectly reloads with 10-round en-bloc clips, functions exactly the same as the M1 Garand; Added in Blitzkrieg update (2018) | 2017 |
See also
- Beretta BM59, an Italian Garand descendant with a detachable magazine.
- M14 Rifle, a rifle developed from the Garand in the 1950s firing 7.62 NATO from a detachable magazine.