In just a few decades, the U.S. Army would see itself go from a single-shot, blackpowder design in the form of the Trapdoor ...
Despite its name and the fact that its basic appearance is similar to the M1 Garand, the M1 Carbine—officially the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1—wasn’t really a carbine version of the main ...
Meet the M14 Rifle: At the end of the Second World War, General George S. Patton famously wrote that the M1 Garand was “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” While few would ever suggest that ...