M1 Garand: The Greatest American Service Rifle of WWII...

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Throughout history, with the advancement of weapons technology from catapults and canons to unmanned combat aerial vehicles, there has long been a belief that the infantryman would be rendered obsolete in the face of these new and lethal developments. And yet, time and time again the infantryman has persisted as the drive to develop new weapons has also continually afforded him the capabilities to remain relevant even on the high tech 21st century battlefield.
In every conflict, there have been weapons that have changed the way the infantryman meets the enemy and World War II saw one of the most notable in this regard - the US M1 Garand. The M1 has largely come to symbolise America’s war on the ground. From its classic lines, top-loading ammunition and its distinctive ping sound as it ejects, the spent clip, the M1 is as ingrained in the minds of Americans as the image of the muskets of the Revolutionary War or the M16 of the Vietnam War. However, what made the M1 such a powerful and timeless weapon was its high rate of fire over similar weapons fielded by other armies of its day for the M1 was the world’s first semi-automatic battle rifle to see widespread adoption, giving the US infantryman a considerably higher rate of fire and providing the genesis for the modern weapons of today.
In this episode, we are going to explore the development of this revolutionary weapon, examine its role in the Second World War and beyond and discuss its legacy. Welcome to Wars of the World.
00:00 Introduction
03:17 John C. Garand
09:12 Design
13:31 Into Combat
20:28 Legacy
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Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
Edited by: Jamit Productions
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@warsoftheworld1945 Ай бұрын

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@citizenVader Ай бұрын

Although I grew up with the G3 in my father's locker, the M1 was the first rifle I learned to use in my service. To this day, it is still a perfect weapon for people who want to learn how to use guns.

@citizenVader Ай бұрын

And about the ping, I would argue that if it was such a distinctive sound, it was more likely to be used to fool the enemy.

@jpmtlhead39 Ай бұрын

What Won WW2 ,was the Overwhelming Number of Men and Material of half of the World Nations against 2 Countries ( Italy doesn't count) ,that even against those Overwhelming odds,were able to put many countries on their knees,and until the end they did an Outstanding Job defending their countries way far longer than was Suppose to happen.

@leo-mf22 Ай бұрын

You really trying to hype up the losers of WW2? 😂😂😂

@jpmtlhead39 Ай бұрын

@@leo-mf22 not at all,because the Losers were able to achive that "status" by themselfes on the Battlefield.

@smartbomb7202 Ай бұрын

the russians won ww2

@josephrelaford6826 Ай бұрын

NAZI ^^^^

@LazyXog Ай бұрын

Power of meth.

@eksbocks9438 Ай бұрын

I think the key factor that made Garand's design possible was the Operating Rod. It's just a long piece of metal that links the bolt to the gas system. But it's also designed to be as unobtrusive as possible. Unlike the Mondragon Rifle, or M1915 Howell.

@oleriis-vestergaard6844 Ай бұрын

I was in liste in the danish army in 1975 and had a Garand as a gun - a real pleasure to shoot with and do drilling with as it has a good lenght - later on i got the Heckler&Koch submaschine gun and it was a hole new story to use.

@IgbunuAkpobaro Ай бұрын

What happend to your voice

@destroyerarmor2846 18 күн бұрын

@@IgbunuAkpobaroSpeak louder

@zillsburyy1 Ай бұрын

got mine from CMP for seven hundred ten years ago

@markchapman2585 Ай бұрын

Great video 👍

@billotto602 Ай бұрын

I cherish my M1 more than any other possession I own. It saddens me that my son died because it would have been his upon my death. But he had a few top notch friends. One was killed in Afghanistan but the other made it home safe, thank God. It will be his when God calls me home.

@oneshotme Ай бұрын

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@talpark8796 Ай бұрын

tyvm for the interesting upload 🐝🇨🇦😁

@mr.m1garand254 Ай бұрын

My favorite rifle❤️

@MrRdvs87 Ай бұрын

We need to move away from the ping myth. Those guns are loud as hell, you’re not going to hear that ping.

@Nooziterp1 Ай бұрын

In a big firefight with rifles and machine guns firing and hand grenades exploding who's going to hear a little ping?

@eksbocks9438 Ай бұрын

It seems like a lot of early Semi-Autos ran on a similar principle: A bolt action with a gas system attached to it.

@unnamedchannel1237 Ай бұрын

To be honest I think it was a nuke but you know .

@Kevan808 Ай бұрын

I can't imagine carrying that rifle in combat. Compared to modern rifles made with composite materials, this would feel like your carrying a ton of bricks.

@marclaplante5679 Ай бұрын

All rifles, even the K98 and Lee Enfield, weighed the same, but the M1 was miles ahead with the rate of fire. The M14 which replaced the M1 was heavier and while had advantages, was a bit of a dud as a standard rifle.

@LoneWolf051 Ай бұрын

I've done week long hunting trips in remote Wyoming and Montana...its a brut to lug around, but you strangely get used to it

@MrRdvs87 Ай бұрын

That’s only because you know the difference and know that you can have a lighter rifle with more ammo.

@glennschemitsch8341 Ай бұрын

But....a heavy rifle takes away some of the kick.

@billotto602 Ай бұрын

The knock down power of the 30.06 compared to the mini rounds they shoot today is amazing. If I was an infantry soldier, give me the M1.

@Marcelo-ft3pm Ай бұрын

"The rifle that won the second world war". That would more likely be a Soviet rifle, like the Mosin-Nagant, since they did most of the fighting in WW2.

@osamabindiesel3389 Ай бұрын

You're literally the average redditor character from the slappable jerk comedy shorts

@waveygravey9347 Ай бұрын

There is a whole lot more to war then who got the highest kill count, tankie.

@tonyryan1574 Ай бұрын

Where were the Russians in africa, Burma, France, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Greece etc etc etc.

@samuel10125 Ай бұрын

@@tonyryan1574 Nope to busy oppressing raping and murdering their captured territories

@billotto602 Ай бұрын

The Russians, in WW2 like they're doing in Ukraine today, won by overwhelming the opponent vs combat tactics. In WW2 their victory came at unGodly casualties, as it is today. Luckily they will not win again.

@johngeorge9714 Ай бұрын

Sounds like the reload noise is a bit of survivor biast.

@thodan467 Ай бұрын

where is the moisin nagant

@woltews Ай бұрын

The Commonwealth provided over 15 Million troops in WWII , 34 million soldiers served in the Red Army during World War II , China had 3.8 million men under arms in 1941 alone . That is over 50 million troops almost none of them had M1 Garands ! And what about artillery , grenades , aircraft , ships , mines , tanks , , machine guns , sea mines and submarines ?

@brealistic3542 Ай бұрын

It was FAR from one thing as the M1. It was a Huge material advantage we had between the allies. Even the General Yamamoto knew this and said so before the war because he studied in the USA for many years. He predicted exactly what happened to Japan too. The dumbest thing Hitler did was to declare war on the USA after Pearl Harbor. The USA was primarily Isolationist. If he said the war was to redress old grievences from the ww1 treaty of Versailles and actually talk well of the USA and how they would never be pulled into European wars Britain didn't have the resources to attack Germany on their own.

@ghostwriter9266 Ай бұрын

The Garrand is a good rifle. But did you ever encounter skilled rifle man armed with a SMLE nr III or IV In the last 30 years? Or do you ever wonder why skilled rifle man use single shots on automatic assault rifles?

@destroyerarmor2846 19 күн бұрын

Okay Boomer

@peterxd3610 Ай бұрын

The American military found out that the Japanese were using their weapons in the war

@revere0311 Ай бұрын

Fact Check: True.

@tonyryan1574 Ай бұрын

Lol

@mtljbc6568 Ай бұрын

I didnt know Soviet had this rifle.

@brandennewman3344 Ай бұрын

I'd say the Mosin Nagant won world war 2. Not the M1 garand. I'm American and even I realize that WE did not capture berlin and effectively end ww2.

@LoneWolf051 Ай бұрын

The Atom Bomb ended it, not capturing Berlin, and the Nagant was put into the most hands of any country, but it was as basic and crude as it gets. The reason they say the Garand "won the war" is because it showed the world where rifles would be going in the future, self loading semi auto rifles issued to everyone, it influenced the AK's fire group and gas design, also led to the M-14/M-21 which are still in use as marksman platforms

@samuel10125 Ай бұрын

@LoneWolf051 The M1 Garand didn't show the world where rifles would be going both the Germans and the Russians had their own semi-Auto rifles no the STG 44 show the world where rifles were going.

@dtengineering1 Ай бұрын

The Lee-Enfield .303 rifle was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. The British were in WW2 full the full length of it. Therefore the .303 was the Rifle that won the war - simple maths really. Cheers

@anselmdanker9519 Ай бұрын

The Mosin Nargant and the Soviet Union army did most of the fighting in the east. The M1 carbine was more significant than the Garand in WW 2.

@brealistic3542 Ай бұрын

Ridiculous Idea. The German army was based around the machine gun in offensive and defensive operations. That's how they held off massive Russian manpower operations. They had the best machine guns in the world to do it too and tanks.

@doncarlodivargas5497 Ай бұрын

You did not actually see the video did you?