Redigerer M1 Garand (avsnitt)

==Virkemåte==
M1 Garand-riflen er et halvautomatisk, gassdrevet våpen på [[.30-06 Springfield|.30-kaliber]], med et magasin som holder åtte skudd.<ref name="Popenker">{{cite web|last=Popenker|first=Max|url=http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl05-e.htm|title=Modern Firearms: Rifle M1 Garand|website=WorldGuns.ru|access-date=3. oktober 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002055115/http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl05-e.htm|archive-date=2. oktober 2008}}</ref> Den er 1107 mm lang og veier rundt 4,3 kg.<ref name="easy39th.com">{{cite book|url=http://www.easy39th.com/korea/files/FM_23-5_U.S._Rifle_Caliber_.30,_M1_1951.pdf|title=U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1|author=Departments of the Army and the Air Force|date=oktober 1951|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|via=Easy39th.com}}</ref> Riflen er kjent for sin raske skuddtakt, enkle vedlikehold og presise jernsikter, justerbare for avstand og vind.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/fieldstrip.html|title=Field Stripping the M1 Garand|website=Civilian Marksmanship Program|access-date=3. oktober 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915225950/http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/fieldstrip.html|archive-date=15. september 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rottman|first=Gordon L.|title=U.S. Marine Rifleman 1939–45: Pacific Theater|url=https://archive.org/details/usmarinerifleman0000rott|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/usmarinerifleman0000rott/page/n28 27]–28|isbn=978-1-84176-972-1}}</ref><ref name="easy39th.com2">{{cite book|url=http://www.easy39th.com/korea/files/FM_23-5_U.S._Rifle_Caliber_.30,_M1_1951.pdf|title=U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1|author=Departments of the Army and the Air Force|date=oktober 1951|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|via=Easy39th.com}}</ref> Skuddmekanismen muliggjør rask skyting uten omlading. Et karakteristisk «ping» høres når magasinet er tomt,<ref name="Bishop">{{cite book|last=Bishop|first=Chris|title=The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwe0000unse_h0e2|publisher=Sterling Publishing|year=2002|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwe0000unse_h0e2/page/n226 223]|isbn=978-1-58663-762-0}}</ref> og det ble spekulert i at fiender kunne utnytte denne lyden, selv om dette er omstridt.<ref>{{cite journal|author=CW5 Charles D. Petrie, U.S. Army|title=More On The "Ping"|journal=American Rifleman|date=April 2012|page=42}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Canfield|first=Bruce|date=1998|title=The Complete Guide to the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine|location=Lincoln, RI|publisher=Andrew Mowbray Publishers|pages=69–70|isbn=0-917218-83-3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=27. mars 2021|title=SURROUNDED BY THE ENEMY: WWII Veteran Describes Fighting for Survival!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTck52FZj9Q|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328154635/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTck52FZj9Q|archive-date=2021-03-28|access-date=29. mars 2021|website=YouTube|url-status=unfit}}{{cbignore}}</ref>