M1 Garand: Eight Shots That Changed the Squad
Автор: Iconic Weapons
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This episode tells the story of the M1 Garand not from blueprints, but from the men who carried it into World War II.
We follow how the U.S. Army moved from the slow, bolt-action Springfield 1903 to a semi-automatic rifle that could put eight aimed shots downrange as fast as a soldier could pull the trigger.
From pre-war training ranges to foxholes in Europe and the Pacific, we look at how the M1 changed the way a squad fought — and why so many veterans still call it the finest rifle they ever used.
Along the way we break down how the rifle worked, why reliability mattered more than raw rate of fire, what the famous “ping” really meant in combat, and how logistics, maintenance, and training turned a good rifle into a war-winning system.
Some historical photographs sourced from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) and Picryl (public domain / no known copyright restrictions). Additional imagery includes U.S. government photographs and museum object photos released under public-domain or equivalent terms.
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