| M1 Garand "The rifle that won the war" Selbstladegewehr 251(a) | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | USA |
| Designer | John Garand |
| Manufacturer | - Springfield Armory - Winchester Repeating Arms Company |
| Produced In | 1937 - 1957 |
| Type | Semi-Automatic Rifle |
| Effective range | 2743 m |
| Rate of Fire | 16–24 rpm |
| Magazine | 8-round |
| Ammunition | .30-06 Springfield (7,62 × 63 mm) |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Debut in FHSW | Debut in Battlefield 1942 |
| Used by | USA Canada Free France Great Britain (Commando) Germany as the Selbstladegewehr 251(a) |
| Bayonets | M1 Bayonet |
| Rifle grenades | M9 rifle grenade Energa M28 rifle grenade |
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The M1 Garand is a semi- automatic rifle that proved its worth in the U.S. Army, especially during the Second World War. It is also known as "The rifle That won the war". General George Patton was very pleased with the M1 Garand. The "U.S. Rifle , Caliber 30-06 , M1" was the result of many experimentations and was developed by John Garand at the Springfield Armory factory in the 1920's and 1930's. The rifle was taken into service by the U.S. Army on January 9, 1936. John Garand developed the weapon so that it was well suited for mass production. The first major delivery of M1 Garands came on the end of 1937. During World War II, the M1 was produced by two manufacturers. The Springfield Armory and Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Winchester had already received a contract for a small number of M1 's on April 4, 1939 and received during the war more contracts to produce the weapon. WRA made from 1939 to the end of production in 1945, about 513,880 M1 Garand Rifles. Springfield Armory made the Garand from its commissioning to the end of production in 1957. At the end of the war about 4 million M1 's had been produced. Many rifles were then sold to various nations and civilians as they sought to replace it. They were also given as military aid to nations such as South Korea and South Vietnam.
Use by the other allied powers[]
On the western front, 1944 and onwards the Garand is also used by the other allied powers. Mostly canadian and french forces but can also be found on some maps with british commandos as pick-up kits at bases.
Usage by the Germans[]
It was designated as the Selbstladegewehr 251 (a). While there is no specific kit with it. It can assigned at random along with other equipment when picking most of the late-war german kits, such as the following:
M1 Garand Sniper[]
| M1 Garand Sniper M1C Garand | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Produced In | 1944-1953 |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Scope | 
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The Sniper variant issued during the war was the M1C Garand. Though it was only adopted in the summer of 1944 so it saw much less use than the Springfield as a sniper rifle. The scope was mounted to the side of the rifle as to not interfere with loading and ejection of cartridges. The difference between the M1C and the later M1D that was made in the 1950s was that the first sniper variant had the scope mount installed on the receiver while the later model had it on the barrel of the weapon. M73 or M81 scopes were mounted on the rifles.
Along with the Gewehr 43 and SVT 40 it is one of the few automatic rifles with a scope.
T20E2[]
| T20E2 | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | USA |
| Type | Automatic Rifle |
| Rate of Fire | 700 rpm |
| Magazine | 20 rounds |
| Ammunition | .30-06 Springfield (7,62 × 63 mm) |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Debut in FHSW | v0.73 |
| Used by | USA France |
| Bayonets | M1 Bayonet |
| Rifle grenades | M9 rifle grenade Energa M28 rifle grenade |
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The T20E2 was a prototype derivative of the M1 Garand. It was loaded with 20 round BAR 1918 magazines and capable of automatic fire. The US army made decided to a limited procurement of this prototype in May 1945. But the production was limited to 100 rifles since Japan surrendered soon after. Other new features included a muzzle brake and a bipod. It could still fire the same rifle grenades as the M1 Garand. The M1 Garand was replaced in 1957 by the M14 rifle which was the culmination of many prototypes of the Garand rifle including the T20E2.
The Soviet equivalent is the AVT 40, it has 15 rounds instead of the usual 10 for SVT 40 and like the T20E2 there is the option to pick semi-automatic fire with the ability to zoom in or fully automatic fire and the bayontet mounted for close combat.
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