Amazing rare film: M1 Garand Rifle U.S. CAL.30

[@mdd1963]

Upon my father's passing in '99, took two of his vintage M1 Garands back to Nebraska with me, let my friend borrow one, and we entered an NRA Service Rifle match at Weeping Water, Nebraska. Took bronze, which I consider impressive in light of the simple fact I had never fired an M1 Garand prior to the first 5 shots to confirm 200 meter zero, and, then began the match. Nice rifle, gentle enough to shoot all day.

[@Jason-mg3fk]

Rest in peace to your father

[@acrispywaffleiron4014]

It's funny you should say that because I have a M1903 Springfield and now an M1. Since they fire the same caliber I assumed they would recoil similarly but after around 15 rounds out of the Springfield my weak little shoulders were about to fall off, not so with the M1. I ran out of ammo before I ran out of shoulder tolerance

[@supercoupe86]

Why does every instructional video from the 40-60's sound like the same guy is talking in it!!!! Is he a famous voice actor???

[@bighunterman77]

+Robert11xyz even the non army/military voice over guys sound like him though...i think we as a country just talked better in the 40's...

[@SBrandon562]

+bighunterman77 *Spoke better...I think you're probably right.

[@bighunterman77]

.mlh i figured someone would correct me...i wasn't too sure if i was using the correct word

[@SBrandon562]

bighunterman77 Lol no worries.

[@9Faiz7]

It is actually because they are using a Transatlantic Accent. Many people in the past are thought to talk like that. The reason is because in the past, sound systems are not good and it might not catch bases or low frequency sounds. If low voices are made, it will not be clear or it will be just mumbling. Especially when not many people have TVs and many usually listen to the radio, so the Transatlantic Accent is clearer to be heard

[@willywilmouth]

Le Garand .30 The Damned Garand, une Arme de Légende.....Merci pour cette vidéo...Cdt

[@chrisgutierrez5952]

I love these old army films. One of my all time favorite firearms. Lots of great info on the mechanics of the weapon....

[@craigdontgotit6343]

I know right.

[@therealborischang]

My favorite is the one on VD.

[@csickpuppy]

Being old navy, l prefer old navy training films. Army training are my second favorite.

[@failtolawl]

shut up

[@amadablam8229]

Could anyone imagine the crap they must produce nowadays?

[@richarda.valdes1197]

My rife for six years. I loved and cared for my Grand Old M-1 .. Semper Fi

[@amadablam8229]

Tragic you didn’t get to keep it. Kind of like a retired police dog.

[@PappyDC1]

I can only imagine the young GI's, sleepy eyed, and bone-tired, sitting in some hot barracks classroom at Ft Benning, Ft Polk, or any number of training sites and trying to pay attention to this film. You know the instructor has dimmed the lights and told them to "pay attention, you maggots, this may save your life!" or words to that effect.... Thanks for the film! Pappy....

[@tewchainz6464]

1:57 garand thumb

[@kirkfranks1]

Always heard it called M1-Thumb

[@thetroodon9482]

Well your right as you should always place your palm on the bolt but if you have a proper and perfectly working gurant it shouldent spring when your pushing it it as when you push your clit all the way in it should click and the bolt will stay in place and should only spring when your pulling your thumb out and when you do that it realy dosent feel like it moves that fast as every time ive not helf the bolt while pushing a clip in ive nevrr has an incident aside from the first time i fired the gun

[@w.rustylane5650]

@@kirkfranks1 Purple Badge of M1 Thumb!

[@AlastorTheNPDemon]

Close! Very close!

[@calendrier11]

The inventor of the M1 is a French-Canadian, Jean-Cantius Garand ,he was born in St-Remi about 60 kilometer south of Montréal,Québec and he makes us very proud of him.

[@brianlundy8943]

Thought it was John Garand ?

[@RichardTuckman]

All of these 40-50 era videos have the same narrator, don't they?

[@DepressedCowboysFan_]

the way recordings were back Then made almost everyone sound the same

[@Auxilliaryrules]

President Goku These voices are commonly referred to as "Million Dollar voices" which are the people you hear commonly narrate movie trailers and TV shows and such. you can generally recognize a few very common narrator's for different decades because they become the industry 'Standard' of narration.

[@madjack3956]

Yep, the narrator dude here sure sounds like the same guy who was the voice-over narrator for the first season of the 1960's series, Lost in Space.

[@chrisgentry2217]

I think so

[@gokucrazy22]

i was laughing when he said "so much for the safety feature." it's always great to know exactly how these work. I never imagined that it was so complicated. appreciation.

[@cyberhendrix]

It's cool to know that you think you know more than two GI's trained on that rifle. It's fascinating to see all the internet experts that know more than trained professionals.

[@billbright1755]

In combat situation, a dependable rifle is a soldiers best friend. A weapon which jams when you need it most is not going to help your cause at all. The M1 Garand .30 Cal. Rifle proved to be quite reliable and accurate as well. A squad of expert marksmen equipped so could fair better than most.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

The Garand revolutionized infantry tactics, especially at the squad and platoon level, by spreading out the firepower to a greater extent. When infantrymen were armed primarily with bolt-action rifles, they did not have sufficient firepower to oppose a dug-in enemy machine gun, in most instances. Because of the pronounced firepower advantage possessed by the machine gun, infantry were based around it. That was doctrine in WWI for many armies. The Garand came along and allowed the development of "fire and maneuver" tactics which freed the infantryman from the dug-in heavy MG. That was the idea anyway - or doctrine - in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps at that time.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

German soldiers facing Garand-equipped troops often believed they were facing multiple machine-guns. A measure of the respect in which the M-1 was held is indicated by the fact that the Axis Powers of Germany and Japan both built prototypes similar to it, before going with other designs.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

German soldiers facing Garand-equipped troops often believed they were facing multiple machine-guns. A measure of the respect in which the M-1 was held is indicated by the fact that the Axis Powers of Germany and Japan both built prototypes similar to it, before going with other designs.

[@TheMarchhare67]

I love these old videos. My dad was employed at Winchester Repeating Arms plant many years ago and was responsible for assembling the components of thisrifle from parts and checking for accuracy - firing it. Won contests for timed assembly on these.

[@DrThunder88]

I've always loved the Garand and thought of it as a sublimely elegant rifle, but I never realized how elegant it was. Great video!

[@peaceowl4863]

* Raises hand after watching M1 animation * Is this going to be in the test?

[@Xenon1825]

7:35 Brass to the face

[@Guoenyi]

Hot brass too

[@cornfedtuber]

For the record, I know the Enfield's 10 round mag was removable. But in practice they didn't use it as we do know. It was fed rounds from a 5 round stripper clip as were most other nations rifles of the day.

[@cyberhendrix]

8 rounds was 3 more than what other infantry rifles had during the time period. Also being semi-auto was HUGE advantage when most enemies soldiers were carrying bolt action rifles. The M1 Garand was the best infantry rifle, hands down, during WWII.

[@Spartan043]

Damn, they just don't make instructional videos as thorough and snazzy as these anymore.

[@blefyplayswowable]

Spartan043 Everything's a secret now

[@NickTasy]

Ahhh the 40s and 50s the twomost glamourous and wonderful decades of all time

[@hamzahamoza1965]

Nick Tasy hhhvhhhhhvh

[@Trippy_Ghost]

Everyone should know how a gun works by now

[@raptornomad1221]

Hats off to the Canadian who invented this beauty

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I trained with the M-1 Garrand at Camp Geiger near Camp LeJeune back in late 1964. The M-1 rifles we used were WW2 surplus and practically worn out. The sear on mine was worn so much that on occasion it would fire in an automatic mode. We had to field strip and reassemble it blindfolded. Ah, those were the days.

[@Guitarfollower22]

Fucking amazing design. The only problem is that you had only 8 rounds at a time.

[@clydemarshall8095]

That wasn't even a problem back then considering that no one else had a general issue semi-automatic rifle and a lot of rifles of the time had magazine sizes of the same or even smaller size. Relative to today's rifles the M1's capacity is obsolete yes but in its hey day it was perfectly acceptable.

[@mikkel066h]

The germans mostly had the kar98. That was a 5 round bolt action rifle. Late in war they had g43's and stg's 44 they had 10 round semi and 30 round full auto

[@clydemarshall8095]

Well the Germans did innovate a lot during the war the ME-262 being a big example but in the end it was too little too late. I also don't think it was just the weapons that helped the allies to defeat the Axis.

[@jeronimomurruni]

Then the M1A came out

[@mikedee6173]

Guitarfollower22 who needs more than 8 rounds of .30-06? LOL

[@RKBrumbelow]

Bright orange watermarks on a US Govt video that is free for all .. Classy. Watch the full video w/o the watermarks at M1 Garand - Principles of Operation (1943) United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1

[@NickTasy]

Thanks, but you don't need to be an ass about it

[@RKBrumbelow]

+Nick Tasy a year later and know you whine. Stay thirsty my friends

[@muscadinefoundation6819]

Claiming copyright on a government video. You are the ass, not him

[@piggyskate]

The video really highlights the genius that goes into creating guns. Humans are too smart for their own good.

[@axelord4ever]

It's interesting to see how _complicated_ the M1 is, in comparison to many other semi-autos of its time, slightly before and after. Keeping the amount of applied forces down, but upping the number of parts that play off each other. One spring does almost everything, from driving the op-rod, to pulling to bolt home, to act as the follower spring. If I compare my M1 to my SKS, for example, the difference is incredible mechanically speaking. I don't mind taking apart the later in the field, but I definitely wouldn't want to have to strip my M1 apart away from a workbench.

[@madmansdrivel]

The Garand won the war for the US. If our GIs had been forced to face the Reich's troops with 1903 Springfields they would have not fared as well against the 7.92mm mauser. Also, if the Reich had been able to have a StG 44 in the hands of every trooper on the eve of Normandy, the tide may have turned differently as well. Either way, I love my Garand and would kill for an StG44 but have learned to love my PTR-91 as a close cousin of it in it's stead. Buy a Garand from CMP while they can be had.

[@Allurade]

Sergeant Major, sir, how will this video help us kill Nazis?

[@NickTasy]

That's not true at all....?

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

Cut to picture of recruit running laps around his barracks with his Garand above his head, shouting "I will not ask stupid questions about my weapon!" at the top of his lungs, until he collapses exhausted.

[@chrisgentry2217]

This was like what general George s Patton said, "this is the greatest battle rifle implemented".

[@GoreTorn16]

Thank you! :) He served by teaching other soldiers to fly Bombers over Germany. He also lead a flight squadron through a hurricane and survived! He was an true American Patriot.

[@madmansdrivel]

I totally believe it. Canada gets a bad wrap, they produce quite a fair share of good folk and, if anything, substantially less wastes of flesh compared to the USA.

[@jsanders299]

This is actually very good. +1 on the 50's narrators!

[@CaseNumber00]

Fun gun but M1s are a little tricky to load. If you are not careful you can get your thumb stuck in them as you can see at 1:56.

[@hk166]

My dad was issued a M1 during his service (Taiwan). Outstanding & beautiful weapon....

[@pauldonovan5653]

Great video. I shoot both M1 Garands and M1As. Love em both! And, I'm super impressed with the old Army training film. In some ways superior to our current training methods I experienced on M-16 and M-4 rifles ...

[@Shane-Singleton]

I've owned two Garands. a Springfield and an HRA. Both excellent weapons.

[@bas12345654321]

What a beautiful things where made during the war. Just look at the time mechanism on a german bomb. Just so sad that these great inventions where used to kill people.

[@fhaddad3]

why isn't every instructional video is as awesome as this. I just love these vids

[@GoreTorn16]

My Grandfather who served in WWII probably watched this during training. Great video!

[@ernielara1553]

We used this rifle for rotc drilling marching and nothing else, only. A college course only male must take student as part of the curriculum. Never had the chance to shoot real bullets with it.

[@kernalscott669]

Lee Enfield rifle holds ten rounds. Sergeant Snoxall, an instructor, put 38 rounds into a twelve inch target at 300 yards in one minute with a bolt action Lee enfield. How did he manage that? To all our metric friends - tough!

[@smc1942]

Dugout Doug? Really? I prefer G.S. Patton, Jr.'s... "In my opinion, the M1 Rifle is the Best battle implement ever devised." I feel the same way in 2019.

[@kelleysauer1693]

Dugout Doug? I've heard the catcall but never from someone who served under him pre-Bataan or after. MacArthur had more time under fire in WWI than any general did during WWII. Do you and the other anti-MacArthurs think he should have been pretending to be a platoon leader on the front line? There are photos of him visiting the front line on Bataan. Could he have spent more time on the front line? Yes. Could he have spent less? YES. The name calling was more a case of his political foes finding a few disgruntled soldiers than reality. I heard many old veterans of the Pacific speak of him with admiration; never heard one say bad things. Every general has naysayers. By the way, Patton wasn't in the lead tank as his Army raced across France.

[@cyberhendrix]

They were more "famous" because they were manufactured longer. The M1 was a beloved rifle by the U.S. armed forces and feared by all of her enemies. It's was the best infantry rifle of WWII.

[@mikedoingmikethings702]

The key to shooting iron sights are the ability to remember where you aimed the last shot and follow up shots is the best asset. My Dsgt taught me to aim at targets past 300 yards/meters on the base of the target, but adjust elevation accordingly so a shooter will have the full picture of the target and of course B.A.T.F. fundamentals (Breathing, Aiming/sight picture, Trigger squeeze, Follow through) The 150gr reloads I shoot average out to 3k FPS.

[@LoneWolf051]

100% true my friend.....Springfield contracted Dr. Garand to come up with a new combat rifle to replace the Springfield rifle in 1923, and when the M1 was designed and finalized in 1936, Springfield armory owned the rights to the weapon (as any armory does), thus making it 100% American, and 0% Canadian, where its inventor was born, is completely irrelivant.

[@mikedoingmikethings702]

I'm shooting this bad ass gun out to 980 yards iron sights :D Since I was at the age of 7, the memory that I can remember at that young age is to own an M1 Garand. LoL other kids wants toys but I want an M1 Garand. Although I didn't get to own one until I'm 28 y/o because at that time I can't afford to buy the rifle. But it was meant to be when I purchased one from a friend for a really good price.

[@williematney713]

The M-14 had some good design changes from the M-1 Garand, in that it used a closed box clip, instead of the open clip of the Garand as shown, and is much easier to load in the weapon, plus it permits a much larger capacity. The gas piston changed a small amount also, and also the caliber was changed to the NATO round. Folks can thank the old engineers at Winchester for this gun, or parts of it.

[@DevilTakeMe]

In the middle of April of 1945, Eisenhower ordered Allied forces to halt their movement to Berlin at the Elbe river line leaving the 21st Army Group about 70 miles from Berlin, and then to move both south into Czechoslovakia and north to the Baltic Sea. Eisenhower felt it was unnecessary to risk more troops capturing Berlin, because they wouldn't be allowed to hold it afterwards. Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to let Russia control the area 200 miles west of Berlin.

[@HamSandviches]

the engineering in this thing is amazing - hats off to the creators

[@SentientTent]

My god, This is beautiful.

[@MatchstalkMan]

Despite being a lethal weapon, I have to admire the engineering marvel behind it all. Great film upload. Thank you.

[@LoneWolf051]

or you can hold the outer part of your hand against the bolt, keeping it in place and then take your time loading the clip, its how I load mine, and Ive never once been in danger of M1 thumb in the 13 years Ive owned my Garand

[@raysoffroadvideos1121]

best semi/auto rifle i have ever owned.

[@americanpatriot3667]

This is by far one of my favorite rifles I love all the older guns

[@tonylichacz6453]

Mine too.

[@GeorgeBonez]

OK YOU my friend just won my KZbin Comment of THE YEAR!! Thats was a very AWESOME thing to say!!!

[@GeorgeBonez]

What an AMAZING Weapon for its time! My dad likely had to watched this video in his Marine Corp orientation when he enlisted..

[@milkduds1001]

I only shot once so far and I'm actually proud of myself for hitting a man sized target at 100 yards with iron sites that weren't sited. I hit it 50% of the time. Than again, a .223 is a rather accurate bullet.

[@arkiebob]

I qualified on the M1 Garand and I can tell you if you load one the way this film shows you might eventually lose a thumb, unless you are superman.

[@propstick]

Great video on a terrific weapon! Thank you for posting this.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

I don´t want to diminish Mr. Garands achievements, especially since I could not work out something like this if my life depended on it. But in the end this is "only" mechanics. Konrad Zuse build the first free programmable execution unit, the Z-1 which was still mechanical, in 1937. And the Z-2, the first fully operable digital execution unit or computer, was introduced to the world in 1941. Now THAT was visionary.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

This isn't a discussion about computers - are you certain you are in the right place?

[@derkaderkastan420]

Who cares. All we hear is bah-doing time to reload

[@ProCelestialEmpire]

I think this video is as amazing as the one showing how F35 works.

[@colarisaka]

This is an Ordnance Corps video, filmed and presented by the Signal Corps , I think, because soldiers were initially scared of the semi-auto. You know, its a little known fact, but Peter Paul Mauser lost an eye working on a semi-auto design, ca. 1900-1902.

[@lhkraut]

Greatest rifle of its time! If not the greatest of all time!

[@monroekelly9064]

Great training film.

[@LoneWolf051]

@MrOlekul Garand had an American education aswell, legally the rifle was made in the Springfield Armory, so its American made, Garands original idea for the rifle proved to be a faulure, and with his team of engineers at Springfield, they improved the design to what it is today, about 20% of the finalized M1 is Garands original ideas, the other 80% is the work of fellow engineers

[@Salguine]

In the first two minutes of this video I saw two GIs load the rifle incorrectly. Both put themselves at unnecessary risk of a painful "M1 Thumb." You can actually see the guy at 1:54 come this close to learning the hard way. Neither of them used the outer edge of his hand to hold the bolt back when pushing the clip in with his thumb, which is the prescribed manner.

[@bullranderman]

Thank you for sharing this old film.

[@atreyoss5050]

Learned more here than in any gun channels

[@LoneWolf051]

@MrOlekul plus Garand pretty much dispised Canada, and was more than proud to call his his rifles (both the M1 and M14) and all that he invented in the US "American made"

[@adamramsey5787]

One of the big difference between basic training then and now.....the culture. Basic Training now, a private is going to take his weapon apart, and learn all the pieces.....back then, many men may have known basic mechanics and how they worked. The video was very detailed. Notice how the moderator is very detailed and descriptive.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

In those days, a lot of recruits coming into the Army or Marine Corps, for example, had either worked on farms and been around machinery and mechanical devices, or had worked in a factory in the city and had done the same thing. Good training for learning one of these....

[@robertsr.249]

Mine is a 1942 vintage Springfield armory , it will keep them on a paper plate at 200 yards , and it’s not punishing to shoot

[@jimlandreth555]

John Garand 's Inspiration !

[@cyberhendrix]

It had more rounds than any other infantry rifle during the time period. It was hands down the best infantry rifle of WWII. And what infantry rifle now carries 35 rounds? Standard magazines for the M16, AK47, AK74, SA-80 or any other modern infantry rifle is 30 rounds. Having more ammo and being able to put more rounds down range is ideal. Hence why an 8 round semi-automatic rifle is better than a 5 shot bolt action rifle. Also, bolt action rifle use a similar clip to reload as the Garand.

[@mikedoingmikethings702]

Thank you sir. The Steel target was huge though, a massive 42" diameter boiler steel. It took me about 3 rounds to get close on my first set. But once I got my DOPE down, I got lucky and hit it 5x in a row on my 4th set. I have no spotter to call my shots and it was a very windy day and guess-timating was tough. Check out my latest videos, it'll make you want to own an M1 Garand :D

[@zachdawson7915]

this is truly something special

[@littlebritain64]

In italy, in my mechanized infantry service, we used to use it at least until in the mid 80's, Springfield Armoury, but modified to shoot N.A.T.O. 7,62 bullets.

[@CaspianWint]

Italian infantry........you were trained to drop your rifle in panic, not to fire at the enemy....

[@littlebritain64]

@@CaspianWint You were not in my shoes, and for sure I would spit on the ground if someone would offer me to be in yours.

[@CaspianWint]

@@littlebritain64 your English sucks, dude.

[@littlebritain64]

@@CaspianWint kiss my ass.

[@jonnygouda1]

If only the new recruits could have had a tablet computer with this file saved on it so they could have reviewed it in the barracks. LOL. That's a lot of info for a new guy to absorb in one shot.

[@whiff1962]

Ain't it the best "military training movie" voice, ever!

[@robertgabuna355]

Yes, Garand....feared by many

[@이준혁-c4s]

I've always liked that voice.

[@BFFsEngineer]

yeah

[@hubertcoudray6851]

이준혁 sùper merci beaucoup et bonne année

[@lovepapers1802]

The narrator does not advise that once the clip or cartridge with 8 bullets is loaded, you should be snappy to quickly remove your thumb otherwise ........! Garand M1 rifle is very efficient but there are also disadvantages. The recoiling force is really strong so that you have to mount the butt close to your shoulder when firing.This weapon is semi-automatic but limited only to 8 rounds per cartridge.

[@mephistopheles8220]

I wish I had one of those

[@TheReddog501]

Actually it was a brilliant part of the design during the war the Americans would smack empty clips on rocks or metal to make the ping sound so the enemy would pop up to shoot only to be met by a fully loaded M1.

[@pietervaness3229]

CIRCA 1980 , A DEPT.STORE IN HOLLYWOOD , FL. HAD ABOUT 9 GRANDS FOR SALE , RIGHT OUT IN AN ISLE " KICKER " FOR 225 USD EACH , I THAUGHT ABOUT PURCHASING ONE , BUT CONSIDERED THE RAMIFICATIONS OF BORDING A BUS WITH IT TO MY QUARTERS ... THEY ARE PERHAPS WORTH FAR MORE NOW NO DOUBT !

[@jebova2301]

Thank you for this upload. I have loved this gun ever since I was about 6 years old. Now, at 24, I am really wanting to buy one when I get the money saved up. I recently purchased an AR-15, but I still think a Garand would be so enjoyable to shoot. I was completely unaware of the CMP program until just a few months ago. It is just such a beautifully made firearm, and who can't love the ting it makes when it pops out that en bloc clip? I think this is going to be my next purchase.

[@giftedshfter4433]

You ever get one ??? 9 years later.

[@jebova2301]

@@giftedshfter4433 Nope. Still keep saying I will, but still keep stalling on doing it.

[@noob5000000]

Great video. I didn't know about the 'initial slow extraction' feature. Seems like it cuts off kind of abruptly at the end, though. Was there more? It seems like there should have been something about trigger reset after the last part.

[@DevilTakeMe]

There's also nothing wrong with the Mini-14, which is a scaled down M-14. 600 USD and fires a much more common round. Same Garand action, so its all good.

[@rickeybenningfield9436]

The first time I saw this video was 1970, Thanks!

[@samuelriver9150]

Why does the hero of Chaos ad for this video have every blurred

[@pefha]

No, Americans and Soviets had a race who would be in berlin first. Eisenhower ordered nearly all of hist tanks to move to berlin without any stops. But you are partly right because some of the generals wanted to let the soviets go for their revenge.

[@brandondavid3643]

I love these short films

[@God_is_in_the_details]

Wow, fantastic, thanks so much for posting.

[@maxim020408]

this may seem a dumb question but I see that almost every rifle works with a piston except for the M4/AR15. Are there any more rifles/carbines that use direct impingement?

[@ToneysWorld]

Very nice film amazing that you found it!

[@koroshbaradaran]

I love this man's voice. I love this gun. I love the USA. I love you. Happy day to you! :)

[@aldomasciarelli1]

Eccellente spiegazione, bella arma antica.

[@DanielInfrangible]

This is gold.

[@Yusuf1187]

lol it's funny to me for some reason, but these old-time instructional videos are actually quite good. I've been watching this one plus ones on the M16 and M14.

[@AshuraShadow08]

This is a cool video!! May I ask where you found this video? I was hoping to get it too, this video really helped me figure out the workings of my M1 Garand

[@kittyhawk2352]

It's amazing knowing all this happens within a second

[@edbo10]

the technical explanation is the changes in microphone technology, as well as the demographics of the narrators during the 20th century, where the majority of them were from up north of America or something, can't remember, but google it for the location

[@dabezt5926]

1:56 I haven't experienced any anxiety of this gun ti'll now..