Sorry for the repost. Unfortunately, this will be a thing from time to time on my channel due to the nature of my videos including studio footage, war themes, and I do listen to feedback and corrections from my viewers. I appreciate everyone's patience.
I changed the part where it can't be loaded without a full clip to it simply being not easy to do. I also had to remove some Hacksaw Ridge sadly due to copyright problems.
They are really heavy. My M1A/M14 is 9.9lbs. The Short Lee Enfield I inherited frim dad is a tad over 9lbs as well. They feel like a big chunk of concrete on your shoulder carrying either one all day. But the weight does make for a bit steadier shot.
And that damn steel butt plate hurt like hell and it kicked like a mule. i carried a BAR most times and it had buffers in the stock. so it didn't kick infact it walked away from you when firing.
@@failtolawl Only officers carried the carbine when i was in .But it only had a 300 yard range where the M1 Garand had up to 500 yards range but my BAR had a greater range because of its longer barrel but it was 19.5 lbs empty. US Army infantry 1958-1964
The stupidest thing I hear people say about the garand is that the ping got soldiers killed . It literarily was 2 seconds to put another clip in and most situations soldiers were not within that close range . And I doubt an enemy would hear the ping in the middle of all that combat .
Well first hand testimony from a WW2 Veteran talking about stealthy combat in close urban environments says the opposite. If you listen to his account, the relevant section starts at twelve minutes and twenty seconds. th-cam.com/video/PTck52FZj9Q/w-d-xo.html
Well first hand testimony from a WW2 Veteran talking about stealthy combat in close urban environments says the opposite. If you listen to his account, the relevant section starts at twelve minutes and twenty seconds. th-cam.com/video/PTck52FZj9Q/w-d-xo.html
5:39 Bayonet charges almost by definition have a survivor bias. If you win, you get to tell your tale. If not, you are forgotten. I imagine many (most?) bayonet charges in WW II probably didn't succeed as they are always a desperation tactic.
I mean, not exactly, as 1 side would have a decent chance of surviving it. So either you get to tell your bayonet charge story, or someone from the enemy's lines will tell the story of the dudes that attempted a bayonet charge, as that's most likely not something you'd forget.
Or be the 3 brazilian heroes in WW2 (3 brazilian soldiers were ordered to retreat when they got overwhelmed, they said no and after running out of ammo, they bayonet charged the approaching germans, and after getting shot down the germans buried them out of respect
One of two things happen with a bayonet charge. A) The charging element gets cut down by disciplined, effective fire. (And with the advent of weapons like the Machine Gun, happened more frequently than in prior conflicts where bayonet charges were more effective in breaking rank and file units approaching on open battlefields. The Civil War really began to see the end of the bayonet charge as weaponry was seeing rifling become widely popular and utilized in weapons development. So the formations of ranks and files marching forth into battle to fire volleys into an enemy force were rapidly becoming a thing of the past). B) The charging element manages to catch the enemy by surprise and, by sheer will and the fear of the enemy receiving cold steel, breaks the enemy unit in its formation or defensive position (to which there are a number of charges in WW2 that do show those kinds of events happening, but they are, as you said, an act of desperation with no other decision to make without causing unnecessary casualties for your element). However, historically speaking, the bayonet charge almost always relies on two factors. Your own element's willpower to utilize the bayonet, and the willingness of the enemy to meet the bayonet. The factors on which is greater than the other, depends on discipline, morale, positioning, readiness, and often times luck on the part of the charging element.
After the first time this vid was published I asked an old friend of mine about the ping (he got an M1 amazingly cheap by joining the DCM back in the 80s). No one he shoots with can ever hear it, ears protected or not, and he can feel & see it but not really hear it.
@@BHuang92 The Mannlicher en-bloc clip just dropped out of the bottom when empty (as did the Berthier’s), so there wasn’t any forcible ejection of the clip as such.
As I saw the clips from Band of Brothers, I am saddened by the fact that the last surviving member of Easy Company, 101st Airborne during WWII died today. His name was Bradford Freeman (1924 - 2022).
sadly we are losing the best of this country now we have idiots like the new hitler trump back again that my father fought against i feel sorry for the kids today that they will never know men like my father and mr freeman
The M-1 is genius. If you've ever taken one apart, you know when the operating rod is at its rear most travel, the recoil spring, which doubled as the magazine spring, is fully compressed. Which means it was putting the most pressure on the magazine follower, to chamber another round. Frankly, its brilliant.
People think the AK took most of its influence from the Sturmgewehr, but as an owner of an M1 and AK its obvious the AK is just a sideways M1 with a shrouded op rod and a 30 round mag. Kalashnikov took the few flaws of the M1 and created possibly the greatest small arm ever made.
@@siler7 Just that. Its brilliant. From an engineering design standpoint, anytime you can get a part to perform multiple functions, reducing total number of parts, and reducing weight, you done good.
Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that actually the Polish wz. 1938M semi-automatic rifle was the best rifle of WWII. Unlike the Garand with the 8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine, the Polish rifle had a 10-round internal box magazine. That was really a pioneering self-loading rifle. Its design is strikingly advanced in its simplicity and functionality; for example, it's composed of several sub-sections interlocked by a single removable steel pin, and thus can be disassembled in moments. Unfortunately, the rifle was brand new in 1939 and was therefore not yet delivered to the Polish army. Therefore, the rifle could not be used in large numbers against the Germans. The German Gewehr 43 is obviously a copy of the Polish Polish wz. 1938M.
I carried the M-1 at Marine ITR after boot camp. The reason for most "M-1 thumbs" was from going from inspection arms to port arms. You used your right thumb to press down the clip follower while using the fleshy part of the hand to move the operating rod slightly to the rear. If you failed to remove your thumb simultaneously as you released the operating rod, the bolt would attempt to chamber your thumb. The result was a dark blue or black thumbnail.
Don't jerk your thumb straight up trying to beat the bolt - rotate the heel of your hand against the bolt handle. The bolt handle will slide along the heel of your hand as your hand rotates above it. Your thumb will be in the clear. .
My old man bought a Springfield M1 with all matching 1944 parts on my 30th birthday. I have everything for it including a leather sling, WWII era bayonet, cleaning kit and lots of full clips. It's my favorite rifle more than any other. When he can't handle the recoil in the future, he'll transfer it to me.
Fun fact: Due to the US Navy being lower on the procurement priority for M14 supply, the US Navy rebarreled the Garand to fire the NATO standard 7.62x51mm round that even used the same en bloc clips. Changes also included a white spacer block in the magazine to prevent the loading of .30-06 rounds into the magazine. Unfun Fact: Due to delays in rifle development and trails, the M1 Garand was manufactured as late as 1957 as a stopgap service rifle until the adoption of the 'army light rifle', which would later be the M14, exemplify the sheer utter failure of US Army Ordnance Branch and Springfield Armory in small arms procurement.
I am fortunate to have a M-1 that my father obtained through the Civilian Marksmanship Program in the late 60’s. These were glorious times when a firearm would arrive by mail covered with cosmolene. He also got a M-1 Carbine the same way. I bought an M-1A just to have a magazine fed edition.
Not as likely to *bite* the hand that feeds it, eh? My first exposure to these was in a gun store, where there were several of them in a rack. (1987 or so)The bolts were all locked back, and at that time, I did not know what they were - or rather, I did not know they were M1s. I knew they were rifles, they looked well-used, and that was it. I was curious, and stuck my finger down *into* the receiver - and touched that little bar that detects the position of the clip. I have *NO* idea how I did this, but I got my finger out ahead of the bolt as it crashed home with the speed of a rat-trap. I have since referred to the “m” in M1 as standing for “Mousetrap.”
I enjoy firing my Garand. It was a mostly excellent battle rifle. It's length became an issue once the front stabilized during the Korean War. After action reports held in the National Archives show that by 1952 the GIs preferred to be armed with the carbine because the Garand was difficult to wield effectively in the trenches, especially if the CHICOMs or NKs succeeded in breaking into a trench. The Garand was a few inches longer than the width of a doctrinal trench whereas the soldier armed with the carbine didn't have this problem. Although the Garand fired a more powerful cartridge, many GIs preferred the fully automatic carbine because it's magazine held more ammo than the Garand's clip and most of the fighting from fall of 51 until the Armistice was fought at near point blank range. The 5TH RCT ' s AAR after the Battle of Outpost Harry on June 53 make these points in particular.
Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that actually the Polish wz. 1938M semi-automatic rifle was the best rifle of WWII. Unlike the Garand with the 8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine, the Polish rifle had a 10-round internal box magazine. That was really a pioneering self-loading rifle. Its design is strikingly advanced in its simplicity and functionality; for example, it's composed of several sub-sections interlocked by a single removable steel pin, and thus can be disassembled in moments. Unfortunately, the rifle was brand new in 1939 and was therefore not yet delivered to the Polish army. Therefore, the rifle could not be used in large numbers against the Germans. The German Gewehr 43 is obviously a copy of the Polish Polish wz. 1938M.
Fun Fact: The Type 4 rifle, the Japanese copy of the M1 Garand, had some features that differed from the Americans like the 10 round magazine that is loaded via stripper clips in 7.7mm caliber. It was not the first Japanese semi-auto rifle as they did made some versions of the Pedersen rifle (a rifle design which lost out to the Garand in US trials), but it was the first Japanese semi-auto rifle to be put into serious production. However, the Type 4 was too late to see service and many of the rifles were still incomplete by the time WW2 ended. Only a few samples remain today as the rest of the rifles as well as incomplete parts were dumped into the Tokyo Bay after the war.
The Japanese Pederson (officially the Trial Type A) was one of three families of self-loading rifle developed for the army 1935 semi-auto trials. The Type A was the Tokyo Army Arsenal submission, the Tokyo Gas and Electric Type B was based on the ZH-29 (familiar to Japan from the small numbers captured from the arsenal of Zhang Xueliang) and the Japan Special Steel Type C, designed by Kawamura Masaya, was another Pederson-inspired toggle-delayed recoil design, though less closely based on the Pederson. The Type C even had a fully automatic variant. Ultimately, the Army Ordnance Board decided the higher cost for any semi-auto design wasn't worth it, didn't adopt any of them, and Japanese semi-auto development stagnated until Yokosuka Naval Arsenal entered the Test Type 4 intro production.
The original M1 design held 10 rounds but the US Army insisted on using 30-06, so the 8 round version was produced instead. The original design used a better combat round, the Army had billions of 30-06 rounds stockpiled and thousands of Browning light machine guns & BARs that already used the 30-06.
@@masahige2344 I had no idea these Japanese rifles were rare. A 7.7 Jap was my grandfather's preferred deer hunting rifle back around 1970. All I really remember about that gun was that he had to do his own loads, probably because he only had a handful of brass casings.
Thanks Johnny. You are spot on about the M1 not being in use early in the Pacific Theater in WWII. My father was a Marine during that time (among the first to hit the beach at Guadalcanal). He said he didn't get to turn in his M1903 for an M1 until he had been in the South Pacific campaign for almost two years.
"The Battle of the Bulge" was filmed in Spain, hence the M47s and 48s posing as Panzers. The M61 rifle grenade was in use with the Spanish Army at the time as the CETME C was able to be fitted with 22mm rifle grenades. They stayed around until the late 1980s.
One thing to know- the M1906 was issued to US rifle squads not as a sniper rifle, but as a grenade launcher. In '41-'42 they Army didn't have the grenade launch adapter for the M1, so the Springfield soldiered on and covered that role.
I carried and fired the M1 both in the ANG and the Marine Corps. Our outfit still had M1's in early 61. It was a great rifle and fun to fire. It is hard to beat the stopping power of the 30.06 round.
I've fired the M-1 myself. Not only is it rugged and reliable, it is incredibly accurate as well. I once fired a clip into a circle four inches in diameter from 75 meters. And, I saw a sergeant put an entire clip into a hole the size of a quarter, from the the same distance, using only his right hand.
That’s a huge grouping. To even begin to qualify with the M-16 today on Iron Sights you need to be able to group four rounds within four centimeters at 250 meters. The M-1 is certainly capable of that. You must’ve been rushing your shots to get four inches.
@@Ryan_Christopher Could you kindly explain to me how an M16 will ever group 4 rounds within 4 cm = 1.57 inchs at 250 meters. Never happen. Mil-spec for an M16 rifle is 4.5 MOA and for the A4 carbine it's 5 MOA With most rifles shooting about 3MOA and occasionally 2MOA when new.
@@63grandsport11 “Never happen?” Then how come I did it it when I zeroed my rifle with 4 rounds x 3 groups, before attempting to qualify with 40 rounds? Granted my first two groups were within 5.2 cm, but my last one was within 4 cm. All within the circle in the 250-meter cardboard zeroing target, set at 25 meters. That small a shot grouping is literally the individual requirement stated in the Army Marksmanship Manual used across the services.
@@Ryan_Christopher OK since you kicked this off. Lets really look at facts. Its simple you fired 4 round group that was "1 1/2 inch size @ 273 yards with a GI M16". Draw a one and a half inch circle and tell me you fired GI ammo into theat circle at 273 yards again. Pal I was a member of the US Army Marksmanship unit at Ft. Benning. I have distinguished marksman badge in highpower and smallbore rife and 300 meter International along with CISM military shooting and many state championship wins. I shot with oylimpic and National champions for years WHAT IS A 250 METER (which is 273 yards) SET AT 25 METERS ( which is 27 yards ) TARGET even mean. That makes your military GI M16 shooting 3/4 of a minute of angle. Never happen in my lifetime.
@@Ryan_Christopher Are you trying to learn something or not. "Notice I converted Meters to yards for YOU". Its the only way you can move bullet impact on the target All compeitive shooters in the United States use yards except for 300 Meter International shooting matchs. and some smallbors matchs at The National Champioships. Certainly I would engage by using MOA. I'L bet you will have to look up how many 1/4 minute clicks are in one MOA. its simple Pal its all based on Minutes of Angle from 100 yards out. Today the MTU teaches Mills for military and civilian MOA. unless your using a scope in Mills. I know your no real shooter, so slide out of this discussion quietly while you can. While your at it goggle...... Lones Wigger, Jack Foster and John Writer all friends of mine.....No one you know Im sure.👍
@@timothyhastings5933 From a German perspective, the actor who played SS General General Ludwig in this same section named Hardy Kruger passed away on 1/19/2022. Herr Kruger was also an Ex H.J. and SS Nibelungen member.
This is the First Rifle I ever shot while I was in Basic Training at Ft Dix NJ in 1962. I can't say enough good things about this Rifle and I was only 18 years old at this time! One of the things we had to do is pass a test with taking it apart and putting it back together while Blindfolded and I felt sorry for those who failed this test ..... Ha Ha Ha!
The M1 Garand continued in use by reserves and National Guard long after World War II and Korea. The Guardsmen at Kent State on May 4, 1970, were armed with M1’s.
In Oct. 1941, my father went through Army Basic training, using the Springfield .03 bolt action rifle! Sometime after the Pearl Harbor Attack in Dec. he was issued the new M-1 Garand rifle! Then, in 1963, when I entered Nat'l Guard service, they still issued the M-1, but changed to the new M-14, entering Basic in '64! Personally, I have always felt that every soldier should have been issued the much lighter M-1 Carbine, (Officer's weapon), in WWII, which fired twice as many rounds & easier to carry!
A National Guard guy who served in Korea told me about his M-1 carbine not stopping a Commie at close range when he dumped his magazine in the guy. Had to club him with his empty weapon. He soon after acquired a real M-1 from some Marines. Made it home with one and a half feet. Died in his sleep in his 70s.
These are such beautiful rifles! If you ever get a chance to hold one, I was kinda struck at it's weight compared to a loaded m4. it's got some heft to it! It's kinda crazy but the average height and weight of a US army soldier in ww2 was 5'8" (1.72m) and 145 lbs (66kg)! It's truly remarkable to see all the gear they had to carry especially a load m1 rifle with 180lbs of .30-06ammo or 20lbs for a BAR!
The 1903 Springfield and the M1 semi-automatic 30.06 probably the 2 best combat rifles ever. The Springfield was of course borne out of the 98 German Mauser, making it a very well machined weapon
I'd make a case for the M98 Mauser rifle or the AK-47 being the best, as both were very reliable and effective designs for their era and would later on go to serve through and inspire multiple generations.
@@herbertbrown119 I first fired both the Springfield and the Garand on the same day. The '03 recoil smashed me pretty good, but the Garand was more like a strong shove than a blow.
1903, 550 yds maximum effective range. Garand, 500 yds maximum effective range. Both fired at 200, 300, 500 and 600 yds on Marine rifle ranges. I fired a 1903 effectively at 800 yds on the range at Quantico. No problem, with Lake City Match ball. I also witnessed a Garand used on the 1000 yd open sights range at Camp Perry in 1973, to great advantage. I was competing with a modified M 14 provided by the armorers at Quantico.. Another guy with another rifle won. The Garand, a semi auto also in 30:06 was more effective on the battlefield than the '03 and I agree fully with Patton, on this issue
I still remember during training, one of my fellow trainees emptying the mag in like less of a second! The instructor stood up and literally started kicking him. The guy went on taking push ups for the rest of the training I saw him 5 hours later just laying there trying to lift him self! Oh the good old times!!!!
I always find it so funny when you have very gritty and harsh war movies that have very accurate scenes and weapons, but then you just add a clip from an anime or other cartoon, shit always makes me laugh
I always considered the M1 Garand the Superman of rifles. Both debuted in the 30’s, one invented by a Canadian American and the other by a Canadian and an American. Both are strong American symbols. Both were game changers in their respective mediums. Both are very powerful. Some see both as outdated but aren’t looking at the bigger picture. What does everyone else think?
I was trained with the M-1 Garand in 1960 at Fort Ord and one of the first things they had us recruits do was throw it up in the air and let it come back down and hit the ground. This was to show us how tough and indestructible the rifle was.
Love how you brought up the experimental Japanese version but not the Italy copy the BM59 that was put into service. Although it does look more like an M14 over an M1 it came out before the M14 and did have versions more closely resembling the M1
I just bought an M1 from the CMP can't wait till it arrives. I feel like giving yourself Garand Thumb is necessary to Christen the rifle for the new owner and I plan to do so.
The reason most Marines on Guadalcanal still had 1903 A3 Springfields was because the Marine brass was slow to adopt the new M1 Garand not because the M1’s were preferentially issued to the Army. The Marine higher ups began by issuing the M1’s to rear echelon troops before being issued to front line Marines. By the time the Marine Corps decided to fully adopt the new rifle the troops assigned to invade Guadalcanal had already sailed. The 2nd Marine Raiders and some engineer units had M1 rifles on Guadalcanal.
The A3's were anachronistic as they were not adopted or fielded until 1943. For a good chunk of the war the Army used the 1903 for the grenadier's rifle as the development of the grenade adapter for the M1 was also a late addition.
As a 'young' man in Sr. High, I was active in the Army ROTC program at the high school I went to and graduated from. The M-1 Garand was the rifle that the cadets used in training, etc. so I was familiar with it. Upon joining the Army in July 1970, the M-16 was being issued and it certainly was lighter, easier to use and easy to service. I still used the M-16 series when I retired in 1990 and still have fond memories of the M-1 Garand, M-16 series and a few other Army weapons I was responsible for. After retirement I've never had a time where I thought, "I need a gun right now!"
Fun fact: I have this (the ping*) set as my text message ringtone Not so fun fact: when I did I forgot I’d done so, and when my mother texted me about half an hour later it startled me
Well I didn't expect to see ST Voyager here but I'll take it! The m1 was a beautiful weapon and was listed on the 5 inventions that won WW2, the only firearm to do so
As one of the armorers in the USS Forrestal's Ship's Armory (68-72), I cleaned hundreds of M1 Garands and M1 Carbines. Our landing force and sponson watches were equipped with them.
Those at Kent state will never forget the sound of an M1. The #1 lesson of Kent State, "Don't screw with people who have a loaded gun and said gun is pointed at YOU."
In Saving Private Ryan, Melish and Caparzzo surprised a few Germans coming out of the bunker. Melish fires, shoots again but gets a stovepipe, garand clears it, then fires another round.Just another reason the Garand was an awesome weapon.
4:20 Funny thing is that it’s often over exaggerating about how painful it is to receive a ‘Garand Thumb’ when reloading a Garand. It’s only as painful as receiving a pinch than as painful to the point where you feel like your thumb is getting broken from receiving a Garand Thumb.
Contrary to popular belief you don't have to ram the clip all the way down into the follower. Just push the clip in until you feel the first click, then use the palm of your hand to send the operating rod forward. The "garand thumb" was born out some silly drill & ceremony procedure.
I did my military obligation in the Turkish army in the 2000s for a month, and they gave us M1s. We walked with these rifles where ever we went and did. They were not loaded, and we are like kids, started playing with the rifle. One day someone dropped it on the ground and rifle got broke into two parts! Poor kid was scared to death about the penalty but nothing happened. Finally, they took us to the shooting range and gave us a magazine with 3 bullets in it. Everyone shot at the same time with so much noise. I waited and then when it was quite, pulled the trigger. When my supervising officer saw the result on the target, he congratulated me and asked where I learned how to shoot. I said, in America!
@8:33, there is no inspection you'll pass when they wanna gig you. They will make shit up if your squared away. Grabbing a (Navy) M14 when you went through boot camp with an M16A2 is like picking up 2 16's.
Nothing beats a classic M1 Garand! Especially that "ping" sound. Seriously, name a more iconic rifle. I wager everybody who watched this video wants one, myself included.
Mauser 98/98K. The majority of "germans" in movies use one if they use a rifle (Cross of Iron II has a rare display of a Stug-44). And the weapon did soldier from 1898 to the 1950s (ie Yugoslavia build them under licence). Still a common "be veee veee quiet vee are hunting piggies" rifle in the late 1980s in germany (semi-automatics are not allowed for hunting)
Thanks for including the type 4 rifle, in fact I like the type 4 more than the m1 itself. The IJA actually reconstructed the type 4 for a 10 round box magazine loaded with 2 5-round stripper clips of 7.7x58 Arisaka.
I had two of these that I inherited from my dad. Both pristine, one was purchased still in original cosmoline packing. Foolishly I sold both to a local cop back in the early 90s for $500
The bayonets by that time were mainly a morale kind of the thing, kind of like the officers who carried swords in WW1. But having a decent knife like that on your belt came in handy.
I got a Sharpe shoot training on the M1 as standard in the Danish military in 1984, and at the time it was standard to shoot at 1000 feet/300 meters at target practice to tune/calibrate the sights at 1000 feet, that was our combat visor by the way, I would have my 8 rounds at center at target, that was "silver" at the time, -most would be in bronze and silver and a few at gold. I was thought to disable the M1 blindfolded and then assemble the riffle again, we should do this under 10 mins, -do cleaning and put it together again, I could :-) -I love the that riffle!, later I got HK G3 rifle and combat visor was at now at 256 feet, never like the G3, to compare the M1 was fine mechanic that just so nice design and engineer! -the G3 is so rough engineer, I get it is mass-produced and the M1 is expensive and take longer time to train on, and might not be the best choice in urban war it could penetrate brick walls at close range!!!
Not for nothing, Johnny, but have you ever watched episodes of Combat! the TV series from the 60's? Pierre Jalbert was the guy to watch with the M1. The foley editor for the series was spot on with the sound of the weapons, too.
Sadly, my brother-in-law got my Dad's. (my sister) He bought it from a local school teacher, so it wasn't really sentimental or anything. I got a couple of my Dad's that were sentimental, so I'm good. Still, it would have been nice to have.
Yup, good tool. Basic training, 1956. I Got pretty good with it. I Own one now, a Springfield built in 1942. I Set it up for high power rifle competition with glass bedding, National Match sights, etc. I reloaded match ammo for it, but it actually preferred military issue ammo.
The US Army started the war with the M1. They were issued to the infantry and cavalry units in the Philippines between May and August of 1941 and engaged the enemy in December of that year..
My experience is that the M1 was as accurate with iron sights as the 03. At Parris Island it not only was fired at 200, 300 and 500 yds it was also fired at 600. The poor association of scope to rifle by poor engineers diminished it's role as a sniper rifle, when compared to the 03. Further, the 8 round magazine led to less focus by snipers on 'each round'. I agree with Patton and will go a step further, the M1 was the most instrumental tool in deciding the outcome of WW2
Johnny, I'm a Brit. I'm neither a movie buff, nor am I knowledgeable about infantry weapons, so for me this was a fascinating insight into the rifle itself and its appearance in movies. I enjoyed your post and particularly that it didn't have one of those Godawful computer generated pseudo-american voices that make you lose the will to live. So, in summary, I liked it a lot and hope you carry on doing videos like this in the future.
The Brits has a great WWII rifle in the Lee-Enfield and I would consider it a challenger for the Garand as the best WWII infantry rifle. Amazing rate of fire for a bolt action rifle, and it held 10 rounds. I am however bias as I am Canadian, and we manufactured the same rifle.
Loved the old Bill Mauldin cartoon where Willie is telling the new recruit, “…if you is close enough to stick him kid, you is close enough to shoot ‘em….”
Hello from England...very nicely presented, great use of movies...and yes the M1 was a tremendous advance in rifle technology. I have an SMLE which is a very nice bolt action rifle which I am quite handy with, but I was lucky enough to shoot an M1 on a range many years ago, and it was most impressive. My SMLE is an antique in comparison. The M1 looks good too. Great video. Thank you.
I have a Garand and love it. But I have a couple of SMLEs too, and it is still the smoothest bolt action I’ve ever used. I wish the surplus .303 hadn’t dried up…
1:51 / 4:55 Everyone was trained to shoot right-handed back then regardless of hand or eye dominance. Unless I'm mistaken, that is. The more totalitarian the regime, the more left-handedness (or left-eye dominance) is verboten.
I love the M1, and I like your video. :-) I suggest one correction, submitted with no disrespect intended. At approximately 3:02, you state that, "During WWII, 5.4 million M1s were made." The actual count of rifles made by the end of hostilities was approximately 3.8 million, all produced by Springfield Armory (the US arsenal, not the current Springfield Armory, Inc.) and Winchester. Production resumed during the Korean conflict (by SA, International Harvester and Harrington and Richardson) and the numbers made reached slightly over 6 million, total. Good luck and good shooting! :-)
To stop 'M- 1 Thumb' while loading an en bloc clip, place the flat side (the chopping side) of your right hand against the inside curve of the operating rod handle. Hold slight rearward pressure on the op rod handle, while running the clip home with your thumb, until the clip is fully seated. GET YOUR THUMB OUT OF THE MAGAZINE WELL / CHAMBER AREA, then release the rearward pressure on the op rod handle, and your op rod and bolt should run forward. Give a forward pop on the op rod handle to be sure your bolt is fully seated.
Garand thumb doesn't hurt nearly as bad as it's depicted in movies. If you're not expecting it, it's surprising, sure, but at the same time if you've spent any time during an M1, you're expecting it lol. Slamming your thumb in a car door hurts way more than Garand thumb.
I was watching a video yesterday, in which they commented, "Often called the Garand", rather than, "Often called the M1", and when you consider the army had an M1 Rifle, M1 Carbine, M1 Submachine Gun, M1 Helmet, three M1 Tractors (light, medium, and heavy) and probably a bunch of other M1s, the former makes more sense, at least in the WWII military.
I bought my first Garand for 900 dollars at a Gunshow, and everytime I go to one now some old Fudd is selling it for 2000. If I could go back in time I’d go back 20 years and buy some for cheap
Got my first one at the Tulsa gun show in 1978. Rifle, bayonet and four full clips, out the door...$331.00. 300 for the rifle 25 for the bayonet and 1.50 for each clip.
Sorry for the repost. Unfortunately, this will be a thing from time to time on my channel due to the nature of my videos including studio footage, war themes, and I do listen to feedback and corrections from my viewers. I appreciate everyone's patience.
Could you tell us what was changed? Love the videos as always!
I changed the part where it can't be loaded without a full clip to it simply being not easy to do. I also had to remove some Hacksaw Ridge sadly due to copyright problems.
That's commitment, plenty of people wouldn't admit to a mistake.
Thank you for your integrity and your hard work. It is appreciated.
These videos are always posted while I'm sleeping, so they are a nice surprise for when I wake up...
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I was hoping you would have added the part about m1Ds in Vietnam
Every march I was on, this rifle started out weighing 9.1 lbs. After 26 miles I am certain it weigh 91 lbs.
Sounds about right
They are really heavy. My M1A/M14 is 9.9lbs. The Short Lee Enfield I inherited frim dad is a tad over 9lbs as well. They feel like a big chunk of concrete on your shoulder carrying either one all day. But the weight does make for a bit steadier shot.
No kidding, I would most definitely prefer to be carrying around the m1 carbine around
And that damn steel butt plate hurt like hell and it kicked like a mule. i carried a BAR most times and it had buffers in the stock. so it didn't kick infact it walked away from you when firing.
@@failtolawl Only officers carried the carbine when i was in .But it only had a 300 yard range where the M1 Garand had up to 500 yards range but my BAR had a greater range because of its longer barrel but it was 19.5 lbs empty. US Army infantry 1958-1964
The stupidest thing I hear people say about the garand is that the ping got soldiers killed . It literarily was 2 seconds to put another clip in and most situations soldiers were not within that close range . And I doubt an enemy would hear the ping in the middle of all that combat .
Well first hand testimony from a WW2 Veteran talking about stealthy combat in close urban environments says the opposite. If you listen to his account, the relevant section starts at twelve minutes and twenty seconds.
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Well first hand testimony from a WW2 Veteran talking about stealthy combat in close urban environments says the opposite. If you listen to his account, the relevant section starts at twelve minutes and twenty seconds.
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Also, you know, there was also the 1911
Have you been in combat?
WHAT?
It's okay, I'll watch it again.
Lol my man 🙏
Same
Me too
re-watched it twice just for the kicks
Right , something special about ww2 era weapons maybeits cause everyone was trying to make a better gun that many of them end up interesting
5:39 Bayonet charges almost by definition have a survivor bias. If you win, you get to tell your tale. If not, you are forgotten. I imagine many (most?) bayonet charges in WW II probably didn't succeed as they are always a desperation tactic.
Yah I'd definitely agree with this statement particularly from a Japanese perspective.
I mean, not exactly, as 1 side would have a decent chance of surviving it. So either you get to tell your bayonet charge story, or someone from the enemy's lines will tell the story of the dudes that attempted a bayonet charge, as that's most likely not something you'd forget.
Or be the 3 brazilian heroes in WW2 (3 brazilian soldiers were ordered to retreat when they got overwhelmed, they said no and after running out of ammo, they bayonet charged the approaching germans, and after getting shot down the germans buried them out of respect
One of two things happen with a bayonet charge.
A) The charging element gets cut down by disciplined, effective fire. (And with the advent of weapons like the Machine Gun, happened more frequently than in prior conflicts where bayonet charges were more effective in breaking rank and file units approaching on open battlefields. The Civil War really began to see the end of the bayonet charge as weaponry was seeing rifling become widely popular and utilized in weapons development. So the formations of ranks and files marching forth into battle to fire volleys into an enemy force were rapidly becoming a thing of the past).
B) The charging element manages to catch the enemy by surprise and, by sheer will and the fear of the enemy receiving cold steel, breaks the enemy unit in its formation or defensive position (to which there are a number of charges in WW2 that do show those kinds of events happening, but they are, as you said, an act of desperation with no other decision to make without causing unnecessary casualties for your element).
However, historically speaking, the bayonet charge almost always relies on two factors. Your own element's willpower to utilize the bayonet, and the willingness of the enemy to meet the bayonet. The factors on which is greater than the other, depends on discipline, morale, positioning, readiness, and often times luck on the part of the charging element.
And when you run out of ammo???
The ping leading to GI deaths is a myth. With the mauser and mg43s raining down pain and the BAR and m1 doing the same the ping is covered.
After the first time this vid was published I asked an old friend of mine about the ping (he got an M1 amazingly cheap by joining the DCM back in the 80s). No one he shoots with can ever hear it, ears protected or not, and he can feel & see it but not really hear it.
Another rifle with an en-bloc clip that predated the Garand was the Mannlicher bolt action rifles and no-one complained about its ping.
I saw a vid of someone bump firing a garand the gun itself completely covers the ping
@@BHuang92 The Mannlicher en-bloc clip just dropped out of the bottom when empty (as did the Berthier’s), so there wasn’t any forcible ejection of the clip as such.
*mg42
As I saw the clips from Band of Brothers, I am saddened by the fact that the last surviving member of Easy Company, 101st Airborne during WWII died today. His name was Bradford Freeman (1924 - 2022).
sadly we are losing the best of this country now we have idiots like the new hitler trump back again that my father fought against i feel sorry for the kids today that they will never know men like my father and mr freeman
The M-1 is genius. If you've ever taken one apart, you know when the operating rod is at its rear most travel, the recoil spring, which doubled as the magazine spring, is fully compressed.
Which means it was putting the most pressure on the magazine follower, to chamber another round. Frankly, its brilliant.
People think the AK took most of its influence from the Sturmgewehr, but as an owner of an M1 and AK its obvious the AK is just a sideways M1 with a shrouded op rod and a 30 round mag. Kalashnikov took the few flaws of the M1 and created possibly the greatest small arm ever made.
Its brilliant what? Finish the sentence.
@@siler7 Just that. Its brilliant. From an engineering design standpoint, anytime you can get a part to perform multiple functions, reducing total number of parts, and reducing weight, you done good.
Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that actually the Polish wz. 1938M semi-automatic rifle was the best rifle of WWII. Unlike the Garand with the 8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine, the Polish rifle had a 10-round internal box magazine. That was really a pioneering self-loading rifle. Its design is strikingly advanced in its simplicity and functionality; for example, it's composed of several sub-sections interlocked by a single removable steel pin, and thus can be disassembled in moments. Unfortunately, the rifle was brand new in 1939 and was therefore not yet delivered to the Polish army. Therefore, the rifle could not be used in large numbers against the Germans. The German Gewehr 43 is obviously a copy of the Polish Polish wz. 1938M.
@@siler7 Damn he really didn't get it huh
I carried the M-1 at Marine ITR after boot camp. The reason for most "M-1 thumbs" was from going from inspection arms to port arms. You used your right thumb to press down the clip follower while using the fleshy part of the hand to move the operating rod slightly to the rear. If you failed to remove your thumb simultaneously as you released the operating rod, the bolt would attempt to chamber your thumb. The result was a dark blue or black thumbnail.
Don't jerk your thumb straight up trying to beat the bolt - rotate the heel of your hand against the bolt handle. The bolt handle will slide along the heel of your hand as your hand rotates above it. Your thumb will be in the clear.
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Glad you mentioned the grenade adapter. An important part of the squad's ability to take out an enemy position, it is often forgotten.
My old man bought a Springfield M1 with all matching 1944 parts on my 30th birthday. I have everything for it including a leather sling, WWII era bayonet, cleaning kit and lots of full clips. It's my favorite rifle more than any other. When he can't handle the recoil in the future, he'll transfer it to me.
Lucky man. Hopefully can keep passing it down through the family.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq
Maybe or have it buried with me when it's my turn.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq What would keep it from being passed down?
Because of its weight and being gas operated, its' recoil is less that a bolt action rifle of the same caliber.
So you might have a long wait.
@@tomt373
No not too long. He'll definitely transfer it because he knows how much I love that rifle.
Fun fact: Due to the US Navy being lower on the procurement priority for M14 supply, the US Navy rebarreled the Garand to fire the NATO standard 7.62x51mm round that even used the same en bloc clips. Changes also included a white spacer block in the magazine to prevent the loading of .30-06 rounds into the magazine.
Unfun Fact: Due to delays in rifle development and trails, the M1 Garand was manufactured as late as 1957 as a stopgap service rifle until the adoption of the 'army light rifle', which would later be the M14, exemplify the sheer utter failure of US Army Ordnance Branch and Springfield Armory in small arms procurement.
Source for the latter is The Great Rifle Controversy by Edward C. Ezell.
I actually got my hands on a similar 7.62x51 NATO M1, mine was Italian but made in the US and sent to Italy to be converted for Italian use.
@@HaloFTW55 I'm glad you had a happier ending than US Army Ordnance.
I've got one built in late 55. Likely unissued, and fired very little, until I got ahold of it. Plenty of rounds fired now
@@HaloFTW55 That is one RARE Bird... I'll give you ONE HUNDRED dollars for it. 😁
I am fortunate to have a M-1 that my father obtained through the Civilian Marksmanship Program in the late 60’s. These were glorious times when a firearm would arrive by mail covered with cosmolene. He also got a M-1 Carbine the same way. I bought an M-1A just to have a magazine fed edition.
You can still do that
@@joshtalbot1086 you are absolutely right.
Not as likely to *bite* the hand that feeds it, eh?
My first exposure to these was in a gun store, where there were several of them in a rack. (1987 or so)The bolts were all locked back, and at that time, I did not know what they were - or rather, I did not know they were M1s. I knew they were rifles, they looked well-used, and that was it.
I was curious, and stuck my finger down *into* the receiver - and touched that little bar that detects the position of the clip.
I have *NO* idea how I did this, but I got my finger out ahead of the bolt as it crashed home with the speed of a rat-trap.
I have since referred to the “m” in M1 as standing for “Mousetrap.”
I enjoy firing my Garand. It was a mostly excellent battle rifle. It's length became an issue once the front stabilized during the Korean War. After action reports held in the National Archives show that by 1952 the GIs preferred to be armed with the carbine because the Garand was difficult to wield effectively in the trenches, especially if the CHICOMs or NKs succeeded in breaking into a trench. The Garand was a few inches longer than the width of a doctrinal trench whereas the soldier armed with the carbine didn't have this problem. Although the Garand fired a more powerful cartridge, many GIs preferred the fully automatic carbine because it's magazine held more ammo than the Garand's clip and most of the fighting from fall of 51 until the Armistice was fought at near point blank range. The 5TH RCT ' s AAR after the Battle of Outpost Harry on June 53 make these points in particular.
Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that actually the Polish wz. 1938M semi-automatic rifle was the best rifle of WWII. Unlike the Garand with the 8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine, the Polish rifle had a 10-round internal box magazine. That was really a pioneering self-loading rifle. Its design is strikingly advanced in its simplicity and functionality; for example, it's composed of several sub-sections interlocked by a single removable steel pin, and thus can be disassembled in moments. Unfortunately, the rifle was brand new in 1939 and was therefore not yet delivered to the Polish army. Therefore, the rifle could not be used in large numbers against the Germans. The German Gewehr 43 is obviously a copy of the Polish Polish wz. 1938M.
Fun Fact:
The Type 4 rifle, the Japanese copy of the M1 Garand, had some features that differed from the Americans like the 10 round magazine that is loaded via stripper clips in 7.7mm caliber. It was not the first Japanese semi-auto rifle as they did made some versions of the Pedersen rifle (a rifle design which lost out to the Garand in US trials), but it was the first Japanese semi-auto rifle to be put into serious production. However, the Type 4 was too late to see service and many of the rifles were still incomplete by the time WW2 ended. Only a few samples remain today as the rest of the rifles as well as incomplete parts were dumped into the Tokyo Bay after the war.
Too bad I couldn't find any clips with it I wanted to talk about it a bit more. An interesting rifle.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Not totally accurate but Battlefield 1943 shows one albeit a copy paste model of the M1 Garand
The Japanese Pederson (officially the Trial Type A) was one of three families of self-loading rifle developed for the army 1935 semi-auto trials. The Type A was the Tokyo Army Arsenal submission, the Tokyo Gas and Electric Type B was based on the ZH-29 (familiar to Japan from the small numbers captured from the arsenal of Zhang Xueliang) and the Japan Special Steel Type C, designed by Kawamura Masaya, was another Pederson-inspired toggle-delayed recoil design, though less closely based on the Pederson. The Type C even had a fully automatic variant. Ultimately, the Army Ordnance Board decided the higher cost for any semi-auto design wasn't worth it, didn't adopt any of them, and Japanese semi-auto development stagnated until Yokosuka Naval Arsenal entered the Test Type 4 intro production.
The original M1 design held 10 rounds but the US Army insisted on using 30-06, so the 8 round version was produced instead. The original design used a better combat round, the Army had billions of 30-06 rounds stockpiled and thousands of Browning light machine guns & BARs that already used the 30-06.
@@masahige2344 I had no idea these Japanese rifles were rare. A 7.7 Jap was my grandfather's preferred deer hunting rifle back around 1970. All I really remember about that gun was that he had to do his own loads, probably because he only had a handful of brass casings.
Thanks Johnny. You are spot on about the M1 not being in use early in the Pacific Theater in WWII. My father was a Marine during that time (among the first to hit the beach at Guadalcanal). He said he didn't get to turn in his M1903 for an M1 until he had been in the South Pacific campaign for almost two years.
"The Battle of the Bulge" was filmed in Spain, hence the M47s and 48s posing as Panzers. The M61 rifle grenade was in use with the Spanish Army at the time as the CETME C was able to be fitted with 22mm rifle grenades. They stayed around until the late 1980s.
One thing to know- the M1906 was issued to US rifle squads not as a sniper rifle, but as a grenade launcher. In '41-'42 they Army didn't have the grenade launch adapter for the M1, so the Springfield soldiered on and covered that role.
Best battle implement of the Second World War! I’m glad I have my 1942 dated Springfield armory Garand!
Look at this legend using clips from Tanya the Evil
I don't mess around on this channel
Do you have a visa?
I carried and fired the M1 both in the ANG and the Marine Corps. Our outfit still had M1's in early 61. It was a great rifle and fun to fire. It is hard to beat the stopping power of the 30.06 round.
I happen to own an M1 Garand. It's an incredibly heavy rifle, but packs one hell of a wallop!
I have one too. It's a fun gun. Packs a wallop but doesn't bruise your shoulder and very accurate.
9.5 lbs. to be exact.
Love my Garand shoot it up to 500 yards at 18 inch steel from a bench.
Then a Tommy gun is too heavy as well caring it all day is when you find that out
If you think the m1 is heavy, you need to hit the gym.
Try shouldering an m240B
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I've fired the M-1 myself. Not only is it rugged and reliable, it is incredibly accurate as well.
I once fired a clip into a circle four inches in diameter from 75 meters.
And, I saw a sergeant put an entire clip into a hole the size of a quarter, from the the same distance, using only his right hand.
That’s a huge grouping. To even begin to qualify with the M-16 today on Iron Sights you need to be able to group four rounds within four centimeters at 250 meters. The M-1 is certainly capable of that. You must’ve been rushing your shots to get four inches.
@@Ryan_Christopher Could you kindly explain to me how an M16 will ever group 4 rounds within 4 cm = 1.57 inchs at 250 meters. Never happen. Mil-spec for an M16 rifle is 4.5 MOA and for the A4 carbine it's 5 MOA With most rifles shooting about 3MOA and occasionally 2MOA when new.
@@63grandsport11 “Never happen?” Then how come I did it it when I zeroed my rifle with 4 rounds x 3 groups, before attempting to qualify with 40 rounds? Granted my first two groups were within 5.2 cm, but my last one was within 4 cm. All within the circle in the 250-meter cardboard zeroing target, set at 25 meters.
That small a shot grouping is literally the individual requirement stated in the Army Marksmanship Manual used across the services.
@@Ryan_Christopher OK since you kicked this off. Lets really look at facts. Its simple you fired 4 round group that was "1 1/2 inch size @ 273 yards with a GI M16". Draw a one and a half inch circle and tell me you fired GI ammo into theat circle at 273 yards again. Pal I was a member of the US Army Marksmanship unit at Ft. Benning. I have distinguished marksman badge in highpower and smallbore rife and 300 meter International along with CISM military shooting and many state championship wins. I shot with oylimpic and National champions for years WHAT IS A 250 METER (which is 273 yards) SET AT 25 METERS ( which is 27 yards ) TARGET even mean. That makes your military GI M16 shooting 3/4 of a minute of angle. Never happen in my lifetime.
@@Ryan_Christopher Are you trying to learn something or not. "Notice I converted Meters to yards for YOU". Its the only way you can move bullet impact on the target All compeitive shooters in the United States use yards except for 300 Meter International shooting matchs. and some smallbors matchs at The National Champioships. Certainly I would engage by using MOA. I'L bet you will have to look up how many 1/4 minute clicks are in one MOA. its simple Pal its all based on Minutes of Angle from 100 yards out. Today the MTU teaches Mills for military and civilian MOA. unless your using a scope in Mills. I know your no real shooter, so slide out of this discussion quietly while you can. While your at it goggle...... Lones Wigger, Jack Foster and John Writer all friends of mine.....No one you know Im sure.👍
8:14 "Because you told me to, drill sergeant."
The Robert Redford scene on the Nijmegen bridge in "A Bridge too far" (1977) was also epic.
That whole river crossing scene was epic.
@@timothyhastings5933 From a German perspective, the actor who played SS General General Ludwig in this same section named Hardy Kruger passed away on 1/19/2022. Herr Kruger was also an Ex H.J. and SS Nibelungen member.
Love the M1. Just got a CMP Expert Grade-- new walnut stock, parkerized, new Criterion barrel. Shoots like a dream.
This is the First Rifle I ever shot while I was in Basic Training at Ft Dix NJ in 1962. I can't say enough good things about this Rifle and I was only 18 years old at this time! One of the things we had to do is pass a test with taking it apart and putting it back together while Blindfolded and I felt sorry for those who failed this test ..... Ha Ha Ha!
The M1 Garand continued in use by reserves and National Guard long after World War II and Korea. The Guardsmen at Kent State on May 4, 1970, were armed with M1’s.
Most of the students and dissidents didn't think they were loaded. 67 shots. 13 seconds. 4 dead 9 wounded.
In Oct. 1941, my father went through Army Basic training, using the Springfield .03
bolt action rifle! Sometime after the Pearl Harbor Attack in Dec. he was issued the
new M-1 Garand rifle! Then, in 1963, when I entered Nat'l Guard service, they still
issued the M-1, but changed to the new M-14, entering Basic in '64! Personally, I
have always felt that every soldier should have been issued the much lighter M-1
Carbine, (Officer's weapon), in WWII, which fired twice as many rounds & easier to carry!
A National Guard guy who served in Korea told me about his M-1 carbine not stopping a Commie at close range when he dumped his magazine in the guy. Had to club him with his empty weapon. He soon after acquired a real M-1 from some Marines. Made it home with one and a half feet. Died in his sleep in his 70s.
These are such beautiful rifles! If you ever get a chance to hold one, I was kinda struck at it's weight compared to a loaded m4. it's got some heft to it! It's kinda crazy but the average height and weight of a US army soldier in ww2 was 5'8" (1.72m) and 145 lbs (66kg)! It's truly remarkable to see all the gear they had to carry especially a load m1 rifle with 180lbs of .30-06ammo or 20lbs for a BAR!
1:50 Excellent working isolating the sound of cycling the Springfield along with your voice-over!
The 1903 Springfield and the M1 semi-automatic 30.06 probably the 2 best combat rifles ever. The Springfield was of course borne out of the 98 German Mauser, making it a very well machined weapon
I'd make a case for the M98 Mauser rifle or the AK-47 being the best, as both were very reliable and effective designs for their era and would later on go to serve through and inspire multiple generations.
What about the Lee Enfield serve the british empire well
Got the Lee enfield and the 30-06 garand. The garand is faster but the enfield more accurate and lighter
@@herbertbrown119 I first fired both the Springfield and the Garand on the same day. The '03 recoil smashed me pretty good, but the Garand was more like a strong shove than a blow.
@@ShroomKeppie Haven’t fired the Springfield but it sound pretty much like the 303 enfield. Maybe because they’re both bolt guns
1903, 550 yds maximum effective range. Garand, 500 yds maximum effective range. Both fired at 200, 300, 500 and 600 yds on Marine rifle ranges. I fired a 1903 effectively at 800 yds on the range at Quantico. No problem, with Lake City Match ball. I also witnessed a Garand used on the 1000 yd open sights range at Camp Perry in 1973, to great advantage. I was competing with a modified M 14 provided by the armorers at Quantico.. Another guy with another rifle won. The Garand, a semi auto also in 30:06 was more effective on the battlefield than the '03 and I agree fully with Patton, on this issue
I still remember during training, one of my fellow trainees emptying the mag in like less of a second! The instructor stood up and literally started kicking him. The guy went on taking push ups for the rest of the training I saw him 5 hours later just laying there trying to lift him self! Oh the good old times!!!!
Bet he didn't do that again.
Thanks for the list of movies. Some I haven't seen before.
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I always find it so funny when you have very gritty and harsh war movies that have very accurate scenes and weapons, but then you just add a clip from an anime or other cartoon, shit always makes me laugh
Same for me lol, his german anti tank gun video just switches to a minecraft and roblox footage after a war movie
I like to keep things light hearted otherwise I'd get depressed using only harsh war movie scenes lol
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I think the Spencer rifle - in the movies would make an awesome video if you're open to feedback.
Tbf Youjo Senki is a good anime, but its better as a light novel or manga imo, you should read or watch it , I recommend
I always considered the M1 Garand the Superman of rifles. Both debuted in the 30’s, one invented by a Canadian American and the other by a Canadian and an American. Both are strong American symbols. Both were game changers in their respective mediums. Both are very powerful. Some see both as outdated but aren’t looking at the bigger picture. What does everyone else think?
I was trained with the M-1 Garand in 1960 at Fort Ord and one of the first things they had us recruits do was throw it up in the air and let it come back down and hit the ground. This was to show us how tough and indestructible the rifle was.
We would have been confined to Barracks if we treated our Lee Enfield's like that.
@@dessullivan668 - Not if you were instructed to do so by your military superiors.
Love how you brought up the experimental Japanese version but not the Italy copy the BM59 that was put into service. Although it does look more like an M14 over an M1 it came out before the M14 and did have versions more closely resembling the M1
I just bought an M1 from the CMP can't wait till it arrives. I feel like giving yourself Garand Thumb is necessary to Christen the rifle for the new owner and I plan to do so.
The reason most Marines on Guadalcanal still had 1903 A3 Springfields was because the Marine brass was slow to adopt the new M1 Garand not because the M1’s were preferentially issued to the Army. The Marine higher ups began by issuing the M1’s to rear echelon troops before being issued to front line Marines. By the time the Marine Corps decided to fully adopt the new rifle the troops assigned to invade Guadalcanal had already sailed. The 2nd Marine Raiders and some engineer units had M1 rifles on Guadalcanal.
The A3's were anachronistic as they were not adopted or fielded until 1943. For a good chunk of the war the Army used the 1903 for the grenadier's rifle as the development of the grenade adapter for the M1 was also a late addition.
@@LIGHTNING278TH the Series the Pacific is probably to blame for that
As a 'young' man in Sr. High, I was active in the Army ROTC program at the high school I went to and graduated from. The M-1 Garand was the rifle that the cadets used in training, etc. so I was familiar with it. Upon joining the Army in July 1970, the M-16 was being issued and it certainly was lighter, easier to use and easy to service. I still used the M-16 series when I retired in 1990 and still have fond memories of the M-1 Garand, M-16 series and a few other Army weapons I was responsible for. After retirement I've never had a time where I thought, "I need a gun right now!"
Then don't buy a gun.
@@RespectMyAuthoritaah Well, I haven't, and that decision has had NOTHING to do with your comment! 😂
Fun fact: I have this (the ping*) set as my text message ringtone
Not so fun fact: when I did I forgot I’d done so, and when my mother texted me about half an hour later it startled me
lol love it
I did not expect Youjo Senki to be included in this video of all things.
Well I didn't expect to see ST Voyager here but I'll take it! The m1 was a beautiful weapon and was listed on the 5 inventions that won WW2, the only firearm to do so
As one of the armorers in the USS Forrestal's Ship's Armory (68-72), I cleaned hundreds of M1 Garands and M1 Carbines. Our landing force and sponson watches were equipped with them.
Those at Kent state will never forget the sound of an M1.
The #1 lesson of Kent State,
"Don't screw with people who have a loaded gun and said gun is pointed at YOU."
What a weird way to turn gunning down civilians
In Saving Private Ryan, Melish and Caparzzo surprised a few Germans coming out of the bunker. Melish fires, shoots again but gets a stovepipe, garand clears it, then fires another round.Just another reason the Garand was an awesome weapon.
4:20 Funny thing is that it’s often over exaggerating about how painful it is to receive a ‘Garand Thumb’ when reloading a Garand. It’s only as painful as receiving a pinch than as painful to the point where you feel like your thumb is getting broken from receiving a Garand Thumb.
Contrary to popular belief you don't have to ram the clip all the way down into the follower. Just push the clip in until you feel the first click, then use the palm of your hand to send the operating rod forward. The "garand thumb" was born out some silly drill & ceremony procedure.
4:38 I would have inserted a Wilhelm scream here
I did my military obligation in the Turkish army in the 2000s for a month, and they gave us M1s. We walked with these rifles where ever we went and did. They were not loaded, and we are like kids, started playing with the rifle. One day someone dropped it on the ground and rifle got broke into two parts! Poor kid was scared to death about the penalty but nothing happened. Finally, they took us to the shooting range and gave us a magazine with 3 bullets in it. Everyone shot at the same time with so much noise. I waited and then when it was quite, pulled the trigger. When my supervising officer saw the result on the target, he congratulated me and asked where I learned how to shoot. I said, in America!
That's a great story!
Well. There goes my weekend 😞thanks Ross
My dad carried the M 1 rifle through out the Pacific. He said it was a reliable and trusty weapon.
I fired the weapon in advance infantry training at Camp Pendleton in 1966. I loved it.
The Marine silent drill team uses the M-1.
It's easy to forget while watching one of their performances that that's a nine pound rifle.
Last year I bought a beautiful 1943 Springfield Arsenal M1 Garand. I have yet to get it out to the range, but it is the queen of my safe.
@8:33, there is no inspection you'll pass when they wanna gig you. They will make shit up if your squared away. Grabbing a (Navy) M14 when you went through boot camp with an M16A2 is like picking up 2 16's.
When I was in the army in the -70s we were told it was a Garand - we weren't told anything about it being an M1.
But they were fun shooting.
Nothing beats a classic M1 Garand! Especially that "ping" sound.
Seriously, name a more iconic rifle. I wager everybody who watched this video wants one, myself included.
Mauser 98/98K. The majority of "germans" in movies use one if they use a rifle (Cross of Iron II has a rare display of a Stug-44). And the weapon did soldier from 1898 to the 1950s (ie Yugoslavia build them under licence). Still a common "be veee veee quiet vee are hunting piggies" rifle in the late 1980s in germany (semi-automatics are not allowed for hunting)
What about the old Winchester 30/30 . Just a beautiful rilfle.
A $2000 M1 costs only a dollar.
The ping costs $1999, and it's a package deal only
Some more iconic weapons from WW2:
MG42
MP40
9mm Luger
Mauser
Thanks for including the type 4 rifle, in fact I like the type 4 more than the m1 itself. The IJA actually reconstructed the type 4 for a 10 round box magazine loaded with 2 5-round stripper clips of 7.7x58 Arisaka.
I had two of these that I inherited from my dad. Both pristine, one was purchased still in original cosmoline packing. Foolishly I sold both to a local cop back in the early 90s for $500
The bayonets by that time were mainly a morale kind of the thing, kind of like the officers who carried swords in WW1. But having a decent knife like that on your belt came in handy.
Thank you for addressing the Garand ping myth.
I got a Sharpe shoot training on the M1 as standard in the Danish military in 1984, and at the time it was standard to shoot at 1000 feet/300 meters at target practice to tune/calibrate the sights at 1000 feet, that was our combat visor by the way, I would have my 8 rounds at center at target, that was "silver" at the time, -most would be in bronze and silver and a few at gold. I was thought to disable the M1 blindfolded and then assemble the riffle again, we should do this under 10 mins, -do cleaning and put it together again, I could :-) -I love the that riffle!, later I got HK G3 rifle and combat visor was at now at 256 feet, never like the G3, to compare the M1 was fine mechanic that just so nice design and engineer! -the G3 is so rough engineer, I get it is mass-produced and the M1 is expensive and take longer time to train on, and might not be the best choice in urban war it could penetrate brick walls at close range!!!
Not for nothing, Johnny, but have you ever watched episodes of Combat! the TV series from the 60's? Pierre Jalbert was the guy to watch with the M1. The foley editor for the series was spot on with the sound of the weapons, too.
Waiting to get my fathers M1 from WWII. I'm a Retired US Marine 1980-2017
I inherited my M1 Garand from my Dad. It was made by International Harvester, and is fun to shoot.
Sadly, my brother-in-law got my Dad's. (my sister) He bought it from a local school teacher, so it wasn't really sentimental or anything. I got a couple of my Dad's that were sentimental, so I'm good. Still, it would have been nice to have.
M1 Rifle is still the greatest weapon from World War 2.
Planning to do a Type 38 Arisaka Rifle?
I'm adding that to my list right now. Should be very doable. I'm also overdue for some Japanese content. Working on the Lewis gun this week.
The M1 Garand is my favorite gun
The first gun I ever fired. I still think it is almost perfect.
First rifle I ever baught. Got it on the day I ETSed out of the USA in 96. Still own it today. One of my most favorite sounds in life is PING!!!
also, thank you for adding clips from korean war movies
7:00 "Almost going out of their way to be anachronistic"
Understatement of the year :D
Pershings (?) painted to gray with the balkenkreuz = Tigers :D
Fun fact: the inventor of the AK-47
Admired John Garand, and used some of his ideas.
Yup, good tool. Basic training, 1956. I Got pretty good with it. I Own one now, a Springfield built in 1942. I Set it up for high power rifle competition with glass bedding, National Match sights, etc. I reloaded match ammo for it, but it actually preferred military issue ammo.
The US Army started the war with the M1. They were issued to the infantry and cavalry units in the Philippines between May and August of 1941 and engaged the enemy in December of that year..
what is this channel and why have i only discovered it just today? AMAZING. i wish i could've found it sooner.
My experience is that the M1 was as accurate with iron sights as the 03. At Parris Island it not only was fired at 200, 300 and 500 yds it was also fired at 600. The poor association of scope to rifle by poor engineers diminished it's role as a sniper rifle, when compared to the 03. Further, the 8 round magazine led to less focus by snipers on 'each round'. I agree with Patton and will go a step further, the M1 was the most instrumental tool in deciding the outcome of WW2
I agree with what Patton said though some historians say the Studebaker truck was equally indispensable to the war effort.
Both the M1 and trucks were very important, but at the end of the day the Wehrmacht choked on Russian bodies and vast expanse.
This documentary is actually better, than most, if not all of the films you’ve featured this weapon in, in my opinion.
Johnny, I'm a Brit. I'm neither a movie buff, nor am I knowledgeable about infantry weapons, so for me this was a fascinating insight into the rifle itself and its appearance in movies. I enjoyed your post and particularly that it didn't have one of those Godawful computer generated pseudo-american voices that make you lose the will to live. So, in summary, I liked it a lot and hope you carry on doing videos like this in the future.
Thanks Chris I really appreciate the feedback. I too can't stand those computer voices. Sometimes I feel like they are taking over youtube.
The Brits has a great WWII rifle in the Lee-Enfield and I would consider it a challenger for the Garand as the best WWII infantry rifle. Amazing rate of fire for a bolt action rifle, and it held 10 rounds. I am however bias as I am Canadian, and we manufactured the same rifle.
The M-1 is also accurate to 1000 yards. That is one of the ranges it is fired at during the Camp Perry Rifle Matches every year.
Absolutely
I say again good sir.
This just might be your masterpiece.
Thanks for coming by with some support again
I’m happy there’s clips of saga of Tanya the Evil, an anime also known as Youjo Senki. It’s a great anime
There is no better sound then the ping of a M1 Garand. Change my mind
Loved the old Bill Mauldin cartoon where Willie is telling the new recruit, “…if you is close enough to stick him kid, you is close enough to shoot ‘em….”
Hello from England...very nicely presented, great use of movies...and yes the M1 was a tremendous advance in rifle technology. I have an SMLE which is a very nice bolt action rifle which I am quite handy with, but I was lucky enough to shoot an M1 on a range many years ago, and it was most impressive. My SMLE is an antique in comparison. The M1 looks good too. Great video. Thank you.
All that fancy college education, and they learned something much more important in one day than in four years.
SMLE was one of the baselines of reliability John Garand was striving for...
@@ralphh.2200 I did not know that.thanks....
I have a Garand and love it. But I have a couple of SMLEs too, and it is still the smoothest bolt action I’ve ever used. I wish the surplus .303 hadn’t dried up…
@@wyattmann8157 Alas owning a Garand is impossible in the UK, so quite envious! I agree SMLEs are delightful
I was a gunnersmate and leading seamon in the gunnery division we had a armory full of grand M1s that's a very good weapon
1:51 / 4:55 Everyone was trained to shoot right-handed back then regardless of hand or eye dominance. Unless I'm mistaken, that is. The more totalitarian the regime, the more left-handedness (or left-eye dominance) is verboten.
I love the M1, and I like your video. :-) I suggest one correction, submitted with no disrespect intended. At approximately 3:02, you state that, "During WWII, 5.4 million M1s were made." The actual count of rifles made by the end of hostilities was approximately 3.8 million, all produced by Springfield Armory (the US arsenal, not the current Springfield Armory, Inc.) and Winchester. Production resumed during the Korean conflict (by SA, International Harvester and Harrington and Richardson) and the numbers made reached slightly over 6 million, total. Good luck and good shooting! :-)
Thanks Tommy! Much appreciated 🙏
To stop 'M- 1 Thumb' while loading an en bloc clip, place the flat side (the chopping side) of your right hand against the inside curve of the operating rod handle.
Hold slight rearward pressure on the op rod handle, while running the clip home with your thumb, until the clip is fully seated.
GET YOUR THUMB OUT OF THE MAGAZINE WELL / CHAMBER AREA, then release the rearward pressure on the op rod handle, and your op rod and bolt should run forward. Give a forward pop on the op rod handle to be sure your bolt is fully seated.
I believe my when my brother JS got his GI JOE Christmas morn 1966 JOE came ready for duty with a M1.
YES! I still have that G I Joe AND the plastic rifle along with the helmet, pistol belt and ruck sack.
This man out here loving everyone of our comments! I love this
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Garand thumb doesn't hurt nearly as bad as it's depicted in movies. If you're not expecting it, it's surprising, sure, but at the same time if you've spent any time during an M1, you're expecting it lol.
Slamming your thumb in a car door hurts way more than Garand thumb.
If you load the m1 right, you won't get M1 thumb
Dad had the carbine in WW2, so he avoided "M-1 thumb." I still have his Musette bag and cleaning kit for the old .30 cal. --Old Guy
Love your videos man,great to see someone using the correct terminology and the history of these weapons, please keep up the good work! All the best!
Thanks so much!
I was watching a video yesterday, in which they commented, "Often called the Garand", rather than, "Often called the M1", and when you consider the army had an M1 Rifle, M1 Carbine, M1 Submachine Gun, M1 Helmet, three M1 Tractors (light, medium, and heavy) and probably a bunch of other M1s, the former makes more sense, at least in the WWII military.
I bought my first Garand for 900 dollars at a Gunshow, and everytime I go to one now some old Fudd is selling it for 2000. If I could go back in time I’d go back 20 years and buy some for cheap
Got my first one at the Tulsa gun show in 1978. Rifle, bayonet and four full clips, out the door...$331.00. 300 for the rifle 25 for the bayonet and 1.50 for each clip.
@@88mike42 jeez. Nowadays gun shows are hardly even worth going to. I can always find M2 ball ammo but a dollar a round.
@@gmanm1907 You said it.
If I could go back in time, I'd go back 30 and buy a couple thousand shares of Cisco and then I wouldn't care what the price of an M1 was.
This is very high quality. Keep it up