Remembering the Great Little Winchester M1 Carbine

A variant capable of firing on full-auto soon followed and was known as the M2. The M2 had a cyclic rate of approximately 775-rounds per minute and used a curved box magazine that held 30 rounds.The End Of A Republic

The early 1940s saw the need for a specialized rifle to ehttps://www.gunpowdermagazine.com/remembering-the-great-little-winchester-m1-carbine/quip second-line troops and specialists, such as machine-gunners. There was a rush to produce something lightweight, relatively small, easy to carry, and stowable in the vehicles troops may be using. Several manufacturers submitted proposals, and Winchester’s little “United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1,” or, more simply, the M1 carbine, was the winning design.

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