M1 Garand: The Weapon That Won The Second World War | Weapons That Changed The World | War Stories
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Published 2024-03-11
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All Comments (21)
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My grandpa loved the M1.
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I love my M1 Garand grandson, (the M-14 was its son) the Mini-14.
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The M1 probably had a significant impact in the Pacific theater far more than the European one. The imperial Japanese had very little submachine guns in comparison to their bolt guns. The Germans did issue large amounts of K98Ks but the prevalence of semi auto rifles and automatic subguns was much higher in the Axis forces of Europe, not to mention the MG34/42s really offset the advantage of the M1 Garand as the Germans based their infantry doctrines around them. The Japanese were outgunned by the American smallarm arsenal. The one submachine gun the Japanese had that was actually really good...they barely issued any of them in large enough numbers to make a difference.
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One Of The Greatest Rifles Ever, My Father Owned Three Of Them.
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This exposé is so cool. One time ☝🏻, some total strangers at a range invited me to fire 8 rounds of a 1945 Garand. I made it ping!May God bless our combat medics, 68Whisky. 🇺🇸💪🏻🦅
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To quote Clint Smith “ you just fired eight rounds of 30-06. Everyone is deaf. “
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Oh, not that “ping heard by the enemy” myth again.🙄🙄🙄🙄
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“He was over a mile and a half away” shows him 30 yards away in the reenactment 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Yes, the M1 fires from an 8-round en bloc clip, whereas modern rifles and pistols are fed by magazines, and no, the two words are not used interchangeably for they describe different tools with different functions.
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“In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised.” - Four Star US Army General George Patton. Edit-They just quoted him.🤘
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The ak47 is essentially a upside down garand that is magazine fed and select fire
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I have an M1 I got from the CMP program. love it. Also you should have used M993 in that 30-06 it would have blown through all 4 steels
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It bothers me that he called an M1919 a submachine gun.... he should know better.
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Although informative a bit to Hollywood for my taste
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M1 Garand seems to have a left a crucial legacy over the decades. It's one of those weapons that have substantiated long term effects on the world.
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I'm surprised that the British didn't adopt any ideas off the M1 Garand, I know that the Germans and Soviets had their own similar semi automatic rifles like the Gewehr 43 and the Svt 40.
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"This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for shooting, this is for fun."
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The myth of the Garand 'ping' belongs in the historical ash heap along with the myth of the 'uncontrollable rise' of the Thompson submachine gun fired on automatic. The effect of gunsmoke on Civil War battlefields is almost always understated or never even mentioned.
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Great to see you, Wil! I appreciate the M1 Garand so much that I bought one.
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Great video! Made me love my 1944 M1 Garand even more!
