The M1 Garand is one of the single most famous and recognizable rifles in the entire world. It served as the standard-issue battle rifle for all of the United States’ land forces throughout the ...

The M1 Garand was the rifle that helped the United States win World War II—a weapon so effective that even General Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised." ...

Regarding “The Garand Finale” (August 2024, p. 28), I had some information to add that was discovered during a 1994 research trip to the Sales and Donations section of Rock Island Arsenal.

Though it’s been sixty-five years since the M1 Garand ceased to be the standard-issue infantry rifle of the U.S. Army (replaced thusly by the M14), her legacy and popularity still live on to ...

John C. Garand's gas-operated M1 rifle changed very little from its start as the T1 in 1927 until the end of its official production run in 1957, but then something unexpected happened.

For tankers, that can involve strapping a departing, or newly joined member of the unit, to the main gun tube. And, as one former armor officer told Task & Purpose in 2016, sometimes the crew will ...

An M1A1 SA is outfitted with 40 rounds for its 120 mm cannon, alongside 900 rounds for the .50 caliber machine gun and 11,400 7.62 mm rounds for a secondary machine gun.

During development of the T-90M Proryv, the "M1 Abrams—one of the heaviest modern thick-armored tanks—was treated as the main competitor," according to Russian state-owned defense corporation ...

The M1 Abrams tank was first fielded by the U.S. Army in the 1980s. The Army had preferred the 105-millimeter gun, the British-designed Royal Ordnance L7, also known in the United States as the M68.