M-1

American  

[em-wuhn] / ˈɛmˈwʌn /

noun

• M-1's
  plural

1. a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kilograms): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.

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• M-1's
  plural

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M-1

Technology is a part of war’s landscape; it separates the 21st century from the eras of the Brown Bess musket, the bronze cannon and the M-1 Garand rifle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

However, the Bradley is not a tank, such as the M-1 Abrams that Mr. Zelenskyy has long requested.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

Along with the M-1 rifle he carried across Europe, he kept a small 35-millimeter Argus C3 camera that he had bought as a teenager.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

By contrast, the U.S. military gave the South Vietnamese armed forces old World War II-era castoffs, such as M-1 rifles, until late in the war.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2017

Linoleum block printing: carving the linoleum block, M-1; and A few points on the use of Speedball Linozip cutters, M-2. © 15Sep41; AA384217.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office