M1 Garand

The M1 Garand (officially designated as United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1, later simply called Rifle, Caliber .30, M1, also abbreviated as US Rifle, Cal. .30, M1) is a semi-automatic rifle chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge. It was the first standard-issue semi-automatic rifle. Called "the greatest battle implement ever devised" by General George S. Patton, the Garand officially replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the standard service rifle of the United States Armed Forces in 1936 (although the switch-over wasn't instantaneous) and was subsequently replaced by the selective fire M14, starting in 1957. During World War II, the M1 gave U.S. forces a distinct advantage in firefights against their Axis enemies, as their standard-issue rifles were slower-firing bolt-action rifles. The M1 continued to be used in large numbers until 1963 and to a lesser degree until 1976. Like its predecessor, the M1 originated from the Springfield Armory.

The M1 is an air-cooled, gas-operated, clip-fed, and semi-automatic shoulder weapon. This means that the air cools the barrel; that the power to cock the rifle and chamber the succeeding round comes from the expanding gas of the round fired previously; that it is loaded by inserting an en-bloc (i.e., it goes into the rifle's action and functions as part of the rifle) metal clip (containing eight rounds) into the receiver; and that the rifle fires one round each time the trigger is pulled. After the eight rounds have been shot the clip automatically ejects causing a "ping" noise to occur.

In Project Reality, the M1 Garand appears as the main rifle issued to US troops in the Project Reality:Normandy Minimod.

Variants

 * M1 Garand
 * Standard-Issue Rifle
 * Attachments:
 * Rifle Grenade
 * Bayonet
 * M1C
 * Sniper Variant
 * Attachments:
 * Scope

Trivia

 * The placeholder for the M1's .30-06 bullet is a 7.62x39mm projectile
 * Due to the limitations of the Refractor(BF2) engine, the reload involving distinctive "ping" of the Garand can be interrupted, creating another "ping" the next time the rifle is reloaded again.