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The '''M1 Carbine''' is a lightweight, intermediate cartridge firearm, developed and adopted in 1941, as a supplement to the then standard issue [[M1 Garand]]. The M1 Carbine was to take the place of pistols for vehicle drivers, members of crew served weapons (such as artillery, anti-aircraft etc), NCOs, and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. Despite its lack of "knockdown" power, it was popular, primarily due to its handiness and light weight and was seen in frontline usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. | The '''M1 Carbine''' is a lightweight, intermediate cartridge firearm, developed and adopted in 1941, as a supplement to the then standard issue [[M1 Garand]]. The M1 Carbine was to take the place of pistols for vehicle drivers, members of crew served weapons (such as artillery, anti-aircraft etc), NCOs, and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. Despite its lack of "knockdown" power, it was popular, primarily due to its handiness and light weight and was seen in frontline usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. It would remain in production postwar for commercial sales. | ||
Contrary to what movie and TV viewers see, the M1 Carbine did not have a bayonet lug during World War II. There is no photographic evidence of any soldiers carrying or using the M1 Carbine or M1A1 paratrooper Carbine between 1942 and early 1945, with a bayonet lug. The version with the bayonet lug, and the replacement of the "L" peep sight with the adjustable windage rear sight was an undesignated upgrade to the model and was not given a separate model number. This upgrade officially started in late 1944, but were only seen in the field in late 1945, in the very last months of the war. Occupation troops did, however, get this version of the gun. The upgraded version was used extensively during the Korean conflict and into the early years of Vietnam. The M1 carbine could still be found in US National Guard, Army or Air Force reserve unit armories on into the early 1970s, in addition it was a common police weapon from the mid 1950s into the late 1970s. Surplus M1 Carbines were widely exported to US allies, and it remains a popular weapon among Israeli police to this day. | Contrary to what movie and TV viewers see, the M1 Carbine did not have a bayonet lug during World War II. There is no photographic evidence of any soldiers carrying or using the M1 Carbine or M1A1 paratrooper Carbine between 1942 and early 1945, with a bayonet lug. The version with the bayonet lug, and the replacement of the "L" peep sight with the adjustable windage rear sight was an undesignated upgrade to the model and was not given a separate model number. This upgrade officially started in late 1944, but were only seen in the field in late 1945, in the very last months of the war. Occupation troops did, however, get this version of the gun. The upgraded version was used extensively during the Korean conflict and into the early years of Vietnam. The M1 carbine could still be found in US National Guard, Army or Air Force reserve unit armories on into the early 1970s, in addition it was a common police weapon from the mid 1950s into the late 1970s. Surplus M1 Carbines were widely exported to US allies, and it remains a popular weapon among Israeli police and in manufacture for commercial sales to this day. | ||
Other rifles based on the M1 Carbine, such as the Howa M300, were also manufactured. | Other rifles based on the M1 Carbine, such as the Howa M300, were also manufactured. | ||
Revision as of 22:22, 9 May 2023
The M1 Carbine is a lightweight, intermediate cartridge firearm, developed and adopted in 1941, as a supplement to the then standard issue M1 Garand. The M1 Carbine was to take the place of pistols for vehicle drivers, members of crew served weapons (such as artillery, anti-aircraft etc), NCOs, and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. Despite its lack of "knockdown" power, it was popular, primarily due to its handiness and light weight and was seen in frontline usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. It would remain in production postwar for commercial sales.
Contrary to what movie and TV viewers see, the M1 Carbine did not have a bayonet lug during World War II. There is no photographic evidence of any soldiers carrying or using the M1 Carbine or M1A1 paratrooper Carbine between 1942 and early 1945, with a bayonet lug. The version with the bayonet lug, and the replacement of the "L" peep sight with the adjustable windage rear sight was an undesignated upgrade to the model and was not given a separate model number. This upgrade officially started in late 1944, but were only seen in the field in late 1945, in the very last months of the war. Occupation troops did, however, get this version of the gun. The upgraded version was used extensively during the Korean conflict and into the early years of Vietnam. The M1 carbine could still be found in US National Guard, Army or Air Force reserve unit armories on into the early 1970s, in addition it was a common police weapon from the mid 1950s into the late 1970s. Surplus M1 Carbines were widely exported to US allies, and it remains a popular weapon among Israeli police and in manufacture for commercial sales to this day.
Other rifles based on the M1 Carbine, such as the Howa M300, were also manufactured.
Specifications
(1941 - Present)
- Type: Carbine
- Caliber: .30 Carbine
- Weight: 5.2 lbs (2.4 kg)
- Length: 35.4 in (90 cm)
- Barrel length: 18 in (45.7 cm)
- Feed System: 15 or 30-round detachable box magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (M1), Semi-Auto/Full-Auto (M2, M3)
The M1 Carbine and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
M1/M1A1 Carbine
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret in the Mountain | U.S. Army soldiers | 2019 | ||
| To Paris! (Na Parizh) | A US Army soldier | Possibly a replica | 2019 | |
| To the Ends of the World (Les confins du monde) | Gaspard Ulliel | Robert Tassen | 2018 | |
| Guillaume Gouix | Cavagna | M1A1 Carbine | ||
| Maze Runner: The Death Cure | A female rebel | 30-round magazine | 2018 | |
| Overlord | Iain De Caestecker | Pvt. Chase | 2018 | |
| Dominic Applewhite | Private Rosenfeld | |||
| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Karen Gillan | Martha Kaply/Ruby Roundhouse | 2017 | |
| Detroit | Michigan Army National Guard | 2017 | ||
| Malay Regiment | Communist guerillas | |||
| Free Fire | Brie Larson | Justine | 2017 | |
| Free Fire | Mark Monero | Jimmy | 2017 | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Sam Worthington | Captain Jack Glover | 2016 | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Ryan Corr | Lieutenant Manville | with anachronistic bayonet lug | 2016 |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Ori Pfeffer | Irv Schechter | 2016 | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | US Army radioman | M1A1 Carbine | 2016 | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | US Army soldiers | 2016 | ||
| Bridge of Spies | U.S. Army soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Colonia | Sect member | 2015 | ||
| War Pigs | Chuck Liddell | Sergeant McGreevy | M1A1 Carbine | 2015 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Patina Miller | Commander Paylor | 2015 | |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Patina Miller | Commander Paylor | 2014 | |
| White Soldier | André Cariou | Sergeant Robert Tual | 2014 | |
| French troops and commandos | ||||
| Fury | U.S. Army soldiers | 2014 | ||
| Far from Men | French soldiers | M1A1 | 2014 | |
| The Monuments Men | John Goodman | Sgt. Walter Garfield | 2014 | |
| Diplomacy | U.S. Army soldiers | 2014 | ||
| ABCs of Death 2 | Tawfeek Barhom | Arab Boy | 2014 | |
| Machete Kills | On gun wall | 2013 | ||
| Emperor | American soldiers | 2013 | ||
| Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed | US Army soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Corbin Allred | T-5 Rossi | M1A1 Carbine | ||
| Memorial Day | US Army Soldiers | With anachronistic bayonet lugs, with and without folding stock | 2011 | |
| My Way | US Army Soldiers | w/ anachronistic bayonet lugs | 2011 | |
| My Best Enemy | Corporal of MP guards | 2011 | ||
| Largo Winch II (2011) | Burmese freedom fighters | 2011 | ||
| The Heineken Kidnapping | Dutch SWAT team | WWII era model | 2011 | |
| Dutch SWAT team | paratrooper stock and customized grips | |||
| The Front Line (2011) | South Korean Army | 2011 | ||
| Death and Glory in Changde | Ray Lui | Lt. Gen. Yu Chengwan | 2010 | |
| Fan Lei | Col. Chang Ruan | |||
| Chinese officers | ||||
| 71: Into the Fire | Seung-woo Kim | Kang Suk-Dae | with 30-round magazine | 2010 |
| US Army soldiers | w/ 30-round magazine | |||
| South Korean soldiers | w/ 30-round magazine | |||
| New Kids Turbo | Dutch police sniper | 2010 | ||
| Red and White (Merah Putih) | Dutch soldier | Korean War Era model | 2009 | |
| Spoils of War | Krash Miller | Sgt. Miller | 2009 | |
| Inglorious Basterds | American Soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Black Dynamite | Militant | 2009 | ||
| Che Part Two: Guerrilla | Franka Potente | Tamara "Tania" Bunke | 2008 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Harrison Ford | Indiana Jones | 2008 | |
| Soviet soldiers | ||||
| Miracle at St. Anna | Douglas M. Griffin | MP Freddy Naughton | with anachronistic bayonet lugs and 30-round magazine | 2008 |
| Military Policemen | with anachronistic bayonet lugs and 30-round magazine | |||
| Warbirds | Brian Krause | Colonel Jack Toller | 2008 | |
| Caleb Michaelson | Sergeant John Lee | |||
| Sergeant Murphy | ||||
| Philosophy of a Knife | American soldiers | archive footage | 2008 | |
| Intimate Enemies | Fellaghas | M1A1 | 2007 | |
| Gone Baby Gone | Mark Margolis | Leon Trett | 2007 | |
| Desperation | Steven Weber | Steve Ames | 2006 | |
| Flags of our Fathers | Adam Beach | PFC Ira Hayes | 2006 | |
| Barry Pepper | Sgt. Mike Strank | |||
| U.S. Marines | ||||
| Land of the Dead | Robert Joy | Charlie | 2005 | |
| The Lost City | Nestor Carbonell | Luis Fellove | 2005 | |
| Cuban rebels, police, army | ||||
| Snakeman | Larry Day | Dr. Rick Gordon | 2005 | |
| The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse) | Corsican terrorists | Sawn-off | 2004 | |
| Coronado | Kristin Dattilo | Claire Winslow | 2003 | |
| Numerous rebels | ||||
| Windtalkers | Roger Willie | Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse | 2002 | |
| Windtalkers | Adam Beach | Pvt. Ben Yahzee | 2002 | |
| We Were Soldiers | Vietnamese ARVN interpreter | 2002 | ||
| The Quiet American | Gen. The's soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Hart's War | Jim Boeven | German Commando | 2002 | |
| Hart's War | Rocky Marshall | Capt. Swann | 2002 | |
| In China They Eat Dogs | A gangster | 1999 | ||
| When Trumpets Fade | U.S. Army personnel | 1998 | ||
| Saving Private Ryan | Tom Sizemore | Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath | Fitted with a buttstock magazine pouch | 1998 |
| Members of the 101st Airborne Division, other Airborne paratroopers | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | |||
| The Thin Red Line | John Cusack | Captain Gaff | 1998 | |
| Elias Koteas | Captain Staros | |||
| Woody Harrelson | Sgt. Keck | |||
| Jared Leto | 2nd Lt. Whyte | |||
| John Savage | Sgt. McCron | |||
| The Postman | Kevin Costner | The Postman | 1997 | |
| Heaven's Burning | STAR team member | 1997 | ||
| Mulholland Falls | US Army soldiers | 1996 | ||
| I Shot Andy Warhol | Revolutionary | 1996 | ||
| Ed Wood | Brent Hinkley | Conrad Brooks | prop | 1994 |
| The Shawshank Redemption | Seen in a pawn shop display | 1994 | ||
| Diên Biên Phú | French Paratroopers | 1992 | ||
| A Midnight Clear | Kevin Dillon | Mel Avakian | 1992 | |
| Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | American troops | Replica | 1991 | |
| China O'Brien II | Baskin's henchman | 1990 | ||
| Farewell To The King | Nigel Havers | Fairbourne | 1989 | |
| Pink Cadillac | Clint Eastwood | Tommy Nowak | 1989 | |
| Cat Chaser | rebel soldier | 1989 | ||
| Cohen and Tate | Houston PD officer | 1989 | ||
| Equalizer 2000 | Bobby Greenwood | Denah | 1987 | |
| Rebels | ||||
| Good Morning Vietnam | American troops | 1987 | ||
| Ishtar | Dustin Hoffman | Chuck Clarke | 1987 | |
| Nadine | Jeff Bridges | Vernon Hightower | 1987 | |
| Rip Torn | Buford Pope | |||
| Gary Grubbs | Cecil | |||
| Mickey Jones | Floyd | |||
| F/X | Assassin | 1986 | ||
| Order No. 027 (Myung ryoung-027 ho) | North Korean commandos, South Korean soldiers | 1986 | ||
| Club Paradise | revolutionary and soldier | 1986 | ||
| Thirteen at Dinner | Actor portraying assassins | scope, suppressor, custom stock | 1985 | |
| The Annihilators | ARVN soldiers | Footage | 1985 | |
| Volunteers | Chung Mee's guards | 1985 | ||
| The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye) | Vitaliy Zikora | Jack Harrison | 1985 | |
| Streets of Fire | bikers | 1984 | ||
| The Evil That Men Do | Guatemala soldiers | with heat shield and 20 round magazine | 1984 | |
| One Hundred Days in Palermo | Mafia hitman; honor guards | 1984 | ||
| Under Fire | FSLN rebels | 1983 | ||
| Uncommon Valor | bodyguard | 1983 | ||
| A Captain's Honor (L'Honneur d'un capitaine) | Jacques Perrin | Capt. Marcel Caron | 1982 | |
| French officers | ||||
| Bukit Kepong | Police Jungle Squad | M1, M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 1981 | |
| MCP guerillas | ||||
| Thief | Mobster | 1981 | ||
| Green Ice | Colombian guerillas | 1981 | ||
| Choice of Arms | Seen in Jean's armoury | 1981 | ||
| The Goat (La chèvre) | Mexican police | 1981 | ||
| Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure | US Coast Guard personnell | 1981 | ||
| The Professional | African soldiers | 1981 | ||
| Brubaker | 1980 | |||
| Jupiter's Thigh (On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter) | Greece police | 1980 | ||
| Santa Esperansa | Chilean soldiers | 1980 | ||
| Apocalypse Now | French colonists | Seen in "Redux" edition | 1979 | |
| Escape from Alcatraz | The guards in the prison towers in Alcatraz | 1979 | ||
| Love and Bullets | Paul Koslo | Huntz | With sniper scope and sound suppressor | 1979 |
| Farroni's henchman | ||||
| And Justice For All | Police officers | 1979 | ||
| The Angry Man (L'homme en colère) | A criminal | 1979 | ||
| From Hell to Victory | US Army soldiers | 1979 | ||
| Cuba | Cuban guerillas | 1979 | ||
| The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi) | Scharf's henchmen | 1979 | ||
| Midnight Express | Turkish police | 1978 | ||
| Goodbye and Amen | Claudia Cardinale | Aliki | 1978 | |
| John Steiner | Donald Grayson | |||
| Go Tell the Spartans | South Vietnamese troops | 1978 | ||
| Marc Singer | CPT Alfred Olivetti | |||
| Craig Wasson | CPL Courcey | |||
| Jonathan Goldsmith | 1SG Oleonowski | |||
| Evan C. Kim | Cowboy | |||
| Black Sunday | Terrorists, police officers and Israeli commandos | 1977 | ||
| Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) | Jacques Perrin | Lt. Willsdorff | 1977 | |
| Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) | French sailors | 1977 | ||
| The Domino Principle | Gene Hackman | Roy Tucker | 1977 | |
| The Domino Principle | Bodyguards | 1977 | ||
| Night Over Chile (Noch nad Chili) | Chilean carabiniers | 1977 | ||
| Police Python 357 | French criminals and police | 1976 | ||
| Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38) | Police snipers | With sniper scope | 1976 | |
| The Golden Fleece (Beshenoe zoloto) | British sailors | 1976 | ||
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Thugs | Post-WWII version with bayonet lug | 1975 | |
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Shen Chan | Soon Da Chen | Post-WWII version with bayonet lug | 1975 |
| Dog Day Afternoon | Al Pacino | Sonny | 1975 | |
| Dog Day Afternoon | John Cazale | "Sal" | 1975 | |
| The French Detective (Adieu, poulet) | Jacques Rispal | Mercier | 30-round magazine | 1975 |
| Jaws | Carried by man patrolling waters | 1975 | ||
| The Deadly Tower | Kurt Russell | Charles Whitman | 1975 | |
| The Gypsy (Le gitan) | French police | With sniper scope | 1975 | |
| Savage Sisters | Cheri Caffaro | Jo Turner | w/ 30-round magazine | 1974 |
| John Ashley | W. P. Billingsley | w/ 30-round magazine | ||
| Philippine soldiers, guerrillas | w/ 30-round magazine | |||
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | George Kennedy | Red Leary | 1974 | |
| The Terrorists | Various police and military personnel | 1974 | ||
| The Longest Yard | Mike Henry | Rasmussen | 1974 | |
| The Longest Yard | Ed Lauter | Captain Wilhelm Knauer | 1974 | |
| The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) | André Weber | The plumber | Customized | 1973 |
| The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) | Philippe de Broca | The plumber 2 | Customized | 1973 |
| Charley Varrick | Police officers | 1973 | ||
| Scorpio | Alain Delon | Jean Laurier a.k.a. "Scorpio" | 1973 | |
| The Crazies | U.S. Army National Guard | 1973 | ||
| The Crazies | Harold Wayne Jones | Clank | 1973 | |
| The Crazies | Will MacMillan | David | 1973 | |
| The Dominici Affair (L'Affaire Dominici) | The murder weapon | 1973 | ||
| Hickey & Boggs | Black revolutionaries | 1972 | ||
| State of Siege (État de Siège) | Police | 1972 | ||
| The Omega Man | Seen in Neville's gun rack | Post WW2 version | 1971 | |
| Wilbur and the Baby Factory | Assassins | M1 Carbine w pistol grip and underfolding stock | 1970 | |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | Robbers | M1A1 Carbine | 1970 | |
| The Punisher (Karatel) | Evgeniy Kindinov | Pvt. Vangelis | 1969 | |
| Greek soldiers | ||||
| Castle Keep | Tony Bill | Lt. Amberjack | 1969 | |
| Mr. Freedom | Various | 1969 | ||
| The Bridge at Remagen | George Segal | Lt. Phil Hartman | 1969 | |
| Paul Prokop | Captain John Colt | |||
| Island of Lost Girls | Thai police | 1969 | ||
| Planet of the Apes | Charlton Heston | Commander Taylor | Visually modified | 1968 |
| Apes | Visually modified | |||
| Coogan's Bluff | Rudy Diaz | Running Bear | 1969 | |
| Dead Season (Myortvyy sezon) | Seen in footage from some TV show | 1968 | ||
| Targets | Tim O'Kelly | Bobby Thompson | 1968 | |
| The Green Berets | David Janssen | George Beckworth | 1968 | |
| George Takei | Captain Nim | |||
| U.S. Navy Seabees, ARVN soldiers and Viet Cong | ||||
| The Vulture (Le Rapace) | Lino Ventura | "Le Rapace" | 1968 | |
| Billion Dollar Brain | 1967 | |||
| The Last Adventure | Hans Meyer | The Mercenary | 1967 | |
| Lino Ventura | Roland Darbont | |||
| The henchman | ||||
| Action Man (Le soleil des voyous) | US Army soldiers | 1967 | ||
| The Battle of Algiers | French soldiers | 1966 | ||
| The Navy vs. the Night Monsters | US Navy personnel | 1966 | ||
| Murderers' Row | Dean Martin | Matt Helm | With pistol grip and underfolding stock | 1966 |
| Guards | ||||
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | US Army soldiers | with anachronistic bayonet lug | 1966 | |
| Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas) | The Colonel's henchmen | 1966 | ||
| Is Paris Burning? | US Army and Free French Forces soldiers | 1966 | ||
| Tarzan and the Valley of Gold | Vinero's soldiers | 1966 | ||
| The 317th Platoon | Jacques Perrin | 2nd Lt. Torrens | 1965 | |
| Alphaville | Alphaville security force | 1965 | ||
| None But the Brave | Tommy Sands | 2nd Lt. Blair | 1965 | |
| Clint Walker | Capt. Dennis Bourke | |||
| Dr. Strangelove | Keenan Wynn | Col."Bat"Guano | 1964 | |
| Goldfinger | U.S. Army soldiers | 1964 | ||
| I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) | Cuban government soldiers and guerrillas | 1964 | ||
| The Manchurian Candidate | Frank Sinatra | Capt. Marco | 1962 | |
| Hell Is for Heroes | U.S. Army soldiers | 1962 | ||
| Merrill's Marauders | Jeff Chandler | General Merrill | 1962 | |
| The Longest Day | French Resistance and US Forces | 1962 | ||
| Roddy McDowall | Private Morris | |||
| The Black Seagull (Chyornaya chayka) | Cuban soldiers | 1962 | ||
| Escape from Zahrain | Police and rebels | 1962 | ||
| Mothra | Scientists also | 1961 | ||
| Hiroshi Koizumi | Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô | |||
| Hell to Eternity | . | US Marines | anachronistic | 1960 |
| Pork Chop Hill | Cliff Ketchum | Cpl. Payne | 1959 | |
| Gregory Peck | Lt. Joe Clemons | |||
| Norman Fell | S/Sgt. Coleman | |||
| U.S. Army soldiers | ||||
| The Bridge | U.S. Army soldiers | 1959 | ||
| Five Gates to Hell | Vietnamese guerillas | 1959 | ||
| Never So Few | Frank Sinatra | Cpt. Tom Reynolds | 1959 | |
| Burmese soldiers | ||||
| The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) | French foreign legionaries | 1958 | ||
| The Young Lions | U.S. Army soldiers | 1958 | ||
| When Hell Broke Loose | Extras | 1958 | ||
| Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela) | Seen among saboteurs' guns; M1A1 Paratrooper model | 1958 | ||
| 20 Million Miles to Earth | William Hopper | Col. Robert Calder | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 1957 |
| Used by Sicilian police officers | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | |||
| China Gate | James Hong | Charlie | 1957 | |
| The Weapon | Steve Cochran | Capt. Mark Andrews | 1956 | |
| US Army soldiers | ||||
| Between Heaven and Hell | Tod Andrews | Lt. Ray Mosby | 1956 | |
| Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Donald Curtis | Maj. Huglin | 1956 | |
| Used by U.S. Air Force soldiers | ||||
| To Hell and Back | Audie Murphy | Himself | 1955 | |
| Sky Without Stars | East and West German border guards | 1955 | ||
| The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Earl Holliman | Nestor Gamidge | 1954 | |
| Mickey Rooney | CWO Mike Forney | |||
| William Holden | Lt. Harry Brubaker | |||
| White Christmas | U.S. Army soldiers | 1954 | ||
| The War of the Worlds | U.S. Army soldiers | 1953 | ||
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Paul Hubschmid | Tom Nesbitt | With M8 rifle grenade launcher | 1953 |
| Lee Van Cleef | Cpl. Stone | |||
| Battle Circus | Humphrey Bogart | Maj. Jed Webbe | 1953 | |
| Keenan Wynn | Sgt. Orvil Statt | |||
| Steve Forrest | U.S. Army Sergeant | |||
| Robert Keith | Lt. Col. Hilary Walters | |||
| U.S. Army soldiers | ||||
| The Most Wanted Man (L'Ennemi public No 1) | Prison guards and plainclothes police | 1953 | ||
| Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) | U.S. Army soldiers | 1951 | ||
| Go for Broke! | Van Johnson | 2LT Michael Grayson | 1951 | |
| Henry Oyasato | 2LT Ohhara | |||
| Dan Riss | Captain Solari | |||
| Halls of Montezuma | Richard Widmark | Lt. Anderson | with anachronistic bayonet lug | 1951 |
| Reginald Gardner | Sgt. Johnson | with anachronistic bayonet lug | ||
| US Marines | with anachronistic bayonet lug | |||
| The Thing From another World | Dewey Martin | Bob | 1951 | |
| The Thing From another World | James R. Young | Lt. Dykes | 1951 | |
| The Steel Helmet | U.S. Army soldiers | World War II model | 1951 | |
| Breakthrough | John Agar | Lt. Joe Mallory | 1950 | |
| Frank Lovejoy | Sgt. Bell | |||
| William Campbell | Cpl. Danny Dominick | |||
| David Brian | Capt. Tom Hale | |||
| uncredited | 2nd Lt. Johnson | |||
| U.S. soldiers | ||||
| Battleground | U.S. Army Airborne Paratroopers | 1949 | ||
| Dark Passage | Policeman | w/ 30-round magazine | 1947 | |
| A Walk In The Sun | U.S Bazooka Team | 1945 | ||
| The Story of G.I. Joe | U.S. Soldiers | 1945 | ||
| Gung Ho! | Marine Raider | 1943 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last of Us - Season 1 | seen in armory; "Long Long Time" (S1E03) | 2023 | ||
| Dark Winds | Eugene Brave Rock | Frank Nakai | 2022 | |
| The Defeated | Logan Marshall-Green | Moritz McLaughlin | 2020 | |
| American, British, and French soldiers | ||||
| Man in the High Castle, The - Season 4 | American Resistance fighters | 2019 | ||
| Magnum P.I. | suspects | 2019 | ||
| Man in the High Castle, The - Season 3 | American Resistance fighters | 2018 | ||
| Man in the High Castle, The - Season 3 | Janet Kidder | Lila Jacobs | "Sabre" | 2018 |
| Yellowstone | native Americans | 2018 | ||
| Parer's War | US Marines | 2014 | ||
| Mob City | Jon Bernthal | Detective Teague | 2013 | |
| Under the Dome | Dean Norris | James "Big Jim" Rennie | 2013-2015 | |
| Top Shot - Season 4 | Various | Various | "Sweating Bullets" (S4E1) | 2012 |
| Leverage | U.S. Army soldier | "The Van Gogh Job" (S4E04) | 2011 | |
| Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Gangsters | "Little Little Italy" (S01E02) | 2011 | |
| The Pacific | Dwight Braswell | PFC Steve Evanson | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Jon Seda | Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Joseph Mazzello | Eugene Sledge | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Leon Ford | 1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Martin McCann | R.V. Burgin | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Martin McCann | Pvt. Hamm | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Rami Malek | Meriell 'Snafu' Shelton | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Scott Gibson | Capt. Andrew Haldane | 2010 | |
| The Pacific | Freddie Joe Farnsworth | 1st Lt. Thomas Stanley | Trench gun | 2010 |
| Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace | US soldiers | Ep. 03 | 2009 | |
| The Company | Cuban freedom fighters | 2007 | ||
| Jericho (TV series) | Gerald McRaney | Johnston Green | 2006-2008 | |
| Jericho (TV series) | Skeet Ulrich | Jake Green | 2006-2008 | |
| Lost | Alexandra Krosney | young Ellie | 2004-2010 | |
| Lost | Elizabeth Mitchell | Juliet Burke | 2004-2010 | |
| Lost | Henry Ian Cusick | Desmond Hume | 2004-2010 | |
| Lost | William Mapother | Ethan Rom | 2004-2010 | |
| Lost | Various "Others" | 2004-2010 | ||
| Firefly | various extras | "Heart of Gold" (S01E13) | 2003 | |
| Mail Call | Re-enactors | M1 and M1A1 variant | 2002- | |
| Band of Brothers | Colin Hanks | Lt. Henry Jones | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 2001 |
| Band of Brothers | Donnie Wahlberg | Carwood Lipton | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 2001 |
| Band of Brothers | Scott Grimes | Sgt. Donald Malarkey | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 2001 |
| Band of Brothers | Richard Speight, Jr. | Sgt. Warren "Skip" Muck | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 2001 |
| Band of Brothers | Rick Gomez | Sgt. George Luz | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 2001 |
| Band of Brothers | Ron Livingston | Capt. Lewis Nixon | M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip | 2001 |
| Band of Brothers | Phil McKee | Major Strayer | 2001 | |
| Band of Brothers | U.S. Army soldiers | With and without folding stocks | 2001 | |
| Julie Lescaut | Seen in the arms rack/ "L'école du crime" (S09E01) | 2000 | ||
| Homicide: Life on the Street | David Eigenberg | Alex Robey | "Sniper (Part 2)" (S4E09) | 1996 |
| Bergerac | Mark Sproston | The assassin | With sniper scope; "The Assassin" (S09E09) | 1991 |
| Bergerac | Tim Douglas | Baker | Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Old Acquaintance" (S07E07) | 1989 |
| Derrick Branche | Damian Shore | Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Second Time Around" (S07E09) | ||
| Crime Story | Billy Campbell | Detective Joey Indelli | 1986-1988 | |
| Crime Story | Dennis Farina | Lt. Torello | 1986-1988 | |
| Police Story | assassin | "Chief"(SO1E21) | 1973-1977 | |
| The Equalizer | Edward Woodward | Robert McCall | Pilot | 1985-1989 |
| On Wings of Eagles | Revolutionaries | 1986 | ||
| On Wings of Eagles | Prison guards | 1986 | ||
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Michael Brandon | Lt. Dempsey | "Make Peace, Not War", (S01E07) | 1985 |
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Catriona MacColl | Angie Hughes | "Hors De Combat" (S01E05) | 1986 |
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Police snipers | 1985-1986 | ||
| Bergerac | Bill Weston | John Causebrook | Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "Low Profile" (S04E04) | 1985 |
| Bergerac | Denis Lawson | Georges Giroux | Custom takedown gun with sniper scope and sound suppressor; "A Miracle Every Week" (S02E07) | 1983 |
| S.W.A.T. | Geoffrey Lewis | Jack Bonelli | 1975-1976 | |
| Planet of the Apes (TV Series) | Ron Harper | Colonel Alan Virdon | Visually modified | 1974 |
| M*A*S*H (TV Series) | Various characters on guard duty and some patients | 1972-1983 | ||
| Mission Impossible | Barry Atwater | Matthew Royce | "The Western" (S07E21) | 1972-1973 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Jay J. Armes | Stoner | Fitted with a scope, wire stock and forward pistol grip. Season 6 Episode: "Hookman" | 1968-1980 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Jack Lord | Steve McGarrett | Season 2 Episode: "Savage Sunday" | 1968-1980 |
| Mission: Impossible | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "Memory" (S01E02) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Gene LeBell | Sudow | "A Spool There Was" (S01E09) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Barry Cahill | guard | "Carriers" (S01E10) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | guards/henchmen | 1966-1967 | ||
| Mission: Impossible | guards/henchmen | 1967-1968 | ||
| Garrison's Gorillas | Various | Dutch Resistance | 1967-1968 | |
| Hogan's Heroes | Felice Orlandi | Maurice Dubois | 1965-1971 | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | various characters | 1964-1968 | ||
| I Spy | Bill Cosby | Alexander Scott | 1964-1968 | |
| I Spy | Robert Culp | Kelly Robinson | 1964-1968 | |
| Combat! | Rick Jason | Lt. Hanley | 1962-1967 | |
| McHale's Navy | Carl Ballantine | Lester Gruber | 1962-1966 | |
| Gary Vinson | George "Christy" Christopher | |||
| Billy Sands | "Tinker" Bell | |||
| Edson Stroll | Virgil Edwards | |||
| John Wright | Willy Moss | |||
| Gavin MacLeod | Happy | 1962-1964 | ||
| Ernest Borgnine | Lt. Cmdr. McHale | "McHale's Millions" (S1E33) | 1963 | |
| Tim Conway | Ensign Parker | "Stars Over Taratupa" (S2E26) | 1964 | |
| Joe Flynn | Capt. Binghamton | "Washing Machine Charlie" (S1E22) | 1963 | |
| Yoshio Yoda | Fuji | "The Battle of McHale's Island" (S1E10) | 1962 | |
| George Furth | Roger Whitfield III | "The Dart Gun Wedding" (S2E35) | 1964 | |
| Jesse Pearson | Harley Hatfield | "The Rage of Taratupa" (S2E30) | 1964 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty | M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight | 2003 | ||
| Vietcong | 2003 | |||
| Forgotten Hope | M1 and M1A1 Carbine | 2003 | ||
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 2003 | |||
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight | 2004 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | 2004 | |||
| Call of Duty 2 | Original M1, referred to as M1A1 | 2005 | ||
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | "M1 Carbine" | 2005 | ||
| Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood | M1A1 with folding stock | 2005 | ||
| Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 | M1A1 with folding stock | 2005 | ||
| Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | 2006 | |||
| Company of Heroes | M1A1 with folding stock | 2006 | ||
| Forgotten Hope 2 | ".30cal M1 Carbine" | M1 Carbine and M1A1 with folding stock | 2007 | |
| Cross Fire | "M1A1 Carbine" | M1A1 | 2007 | |
| Death to Spies | 2007 | |||
| Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway | M1A1 with folding stock | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War | Original M1 carbine, referred to as M1A1 variant | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts | "M1 Carbine" | 2008 | ||
| Death to Spies: Moment of Truth | 2009 | |||
| 7554 | 2011 | |||
| Karma Online | 2011 | |||
| Sniper Elite V2 | 2012 | |||
| Project Reality: Normandy | With anachronistic adjustable rear sight | 2013 | ||
| State of Decay | "M1 Carbine" | incorrectly chambered .357, added in Lifeline DLC (2014) | 2013 | |
| Company of Heroes 2 | Added with Western Front Armies add-on (2014) | 2013 | ||
| Far East War | 2013 | |||
| Insurgency | w/ various attachments | M1A1 | 2014 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | M1 Carbine | 2014 | ||
| Battlefield Hardline | M1 | Optional foregrip and M1A1 folding stock | M1A1, 30-round magazine | 2015 |
| Rainbow Six Siege | Unusable, on a Korean War poster | 2015 | ||
| Mafia III | 2016 | |||
| Heroes & Generals | M1, M1A1 and M1/M2 variants, also with M84 scope | 2016 | ||
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | |||
| Call of Duty: WWII | 2017 | |||
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | was added in update 1.07 | 2017 | ||
| Battlefield V | M1A1 Carbine | M1A1 | 2018 | |
| The Walking Dead: The Final Season | heat shield | 2018 | ||
| Post Scriptum | Both M1 and M1A1 variants; M1 introduced in "Day of Days" update | 2018 | ||
| Vigor | "M2 Carbine" | Early-pattern M1, incorrectly called M2, fires in full auto, holds 30 rounds in a 15 round magazine | 2018 | |
| State of Decay 2 | M1 and M1A1 | 2018 | ||
| Enlisted | M1 Carbine | 2021 | ||
| M1 Carbine with M8 Grenade Launcher | ||||
| M1A1 | ||||
| M1A2 | ||||
| Sniper Elite 5 | 2022 | |||
| Marauders | "M1A1 Para" | Universal folding-stock | M1A1; Incorrectly chambered in .32 ACP | 2022 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orguss 02 | Rivellian soldiers | 1993 | |
| The Cockpit | American soldiers | Ep. 3 "Knight of the Iron Dragon" | 1993 |
| Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front | Aquironia Police | 1994 | |
| Devil Lady | SAT | 1998-1999 | |
| Monster | A Ruhenheim townsman | 2004 | |
| Inspector Lunge | |||
| Soul Eater | "Legend of the Holy Sword 2 – Wanna Go Drinking, Gambling, and Playing?" (E17) | 2009-2009 | |
| Strike Witches: The Movie | Liberian soldier | 2012 |
Animation
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Iron Giant | U.S. Army soldiers | 1999 |
M2/M2A1 Carbine
The M2 Carbine is a select fire upgrade of the M1 Carbine that was developed in late 1944/early 1945. No examples of the M2 Carbine were issued before the surrender of Nazi Germany, however, there were some field conversion kits for altering M1 Carbines sent to units for field testing before the end of the war. Though not impossible, it would be very rare to see an M2 in any sort of action prior to Germany's surrender (however, they do show up in late war combat photographs in the South Pacific). The M2s were common among the occupation forces and U.S. Forces in Korea (1950-1953). M2 Carbine along with the M1 Carbine were used by the Army of The Republic of Vietnam as well as the Vietnamese police. US Army soldiers and Marines also used solely the M2 Carbine in extremely small numbers. A small number of M1 and M2 Carbines were captured by the National Liberation Front, also known as the Vietcong, who used them against anti-communist forces.
Note: Just because an M1 Carbine is seen with a 30 round magazine, it doesn't automatically make it an M2 carbine. In movie armories and in real life, there were many more M1 Carbines built than M2s and many forces still used the M1 Carbine all around the world, as well as law enforcement into the 1970s. There must be a visible selector switch or the weapon must be seen firing fully automatic to declare it to be an M2 Carbine.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oba: The Last Samurai | Sean McGowan | Capt. Lewis | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 |
| Oba: The Last Samurai | James Judd | Lt. Lang | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 |
| Oba: The Last Samurai | US Marines | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 | |
| Oba: The Last Samurai | Mao Inoue | Chieko Aono | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 |
| Oba: The Last Samurai | Japanese guerrillas | Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines | 2011 | |
| Che | Benicio del Toro | Che Guevara | 2008 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Harrison Ford | Indiana Jones | 2008 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Soviet soldiers | 2008 | ||
| Sweat | Hubert Saint-Macary | Grease-Monkey | Sawn-off with the metal barrel shroud | 2002 |
| Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) | Carabinieri | 1981 | ||
| The Odd Angry Shot | Viet Cong | 1979 | ||
| Death Force | Soldiers | 1978 | ||
| The Eagle Has Landed | Larry Hagman | Col. Clarence E. Pitts | 1976 | |
| The Eagle Has Landed | Treat Williams | Capt. Harry Clark | 1976 | |
| The Eagle Has Landed | Various U.S. Army Rangers | 1976 | ||
| Hennessy | Eric Porter | Sean Tobin | 1975 | |
| Che! | Omar Sharif | Che Guevara | 1969 | |
| Skyjacked | Soviet troops | Mocked up to resemble AK-47 rifles | 1972 | |
| Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia) | Carabinieri | 1972 | ||
| Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia) | "Anonymous police" sniper | With a scope | 1972 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Border: Film 6, The | Can be seen in documentary footage | 1987 | ||
| Vegas (2012) | . | Kidnappers | Episode: "Solid Citizens" (S1E05) | 2012-???? |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | 2007 | ||
| Karma Online | 2011 | ||
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | ||
| Heroes & Generals | M2 Carbine | 2016 | |
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | was added in update 1.07 | 2017 | |
| Battlefield V | "M2 Carbine" | added in the "Into the Jungle" chapter (2020) | 2018 |
| Enlisted | M2 Carbine | 2021 | |
| M2A1 Carbine |
M3 Carbine
The M3 Carbine (T3 Carbine during WWII, where it was used during the invasion of Okinawa, using the old T-for-trial nomenclature that was replaced with the modern XM) is an M2 Carbine fitted with an early active infrared scope, requiring a large IR lamp to provide illumination for the scope. Two main configurations were produced, the M1 / M2 scope with the lamp mounted underneath the weapon (which was found to render it prone to accidental damage) and the M3 with it mounted on top of the scope tube; the latter featured a better detector, increasing the effective range from 76 yards to 125. A forward pistol grip was also added to aid in handling the M3's increased bulk, and Korean War versions have a conical T23 flash hider added to prevent muzzle flash from creating a disruptive flare in the scope. An external power source for the infrared sight had to be carried in a backpack, using a 6-volt battery with a vibrator / transformer to step this up to the 4,250 the M1 and M2 scopes required; the M3 scope used a 12-volt battery stepped up to 20,000.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 'Burbs | Bruce Dern | Rumsfield | 1989 | |
| The Omega Man | Seen on a chair and in a gun rack in Neville's apartment; scope mounted on a Browning Automatic Rifle | 1971 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | henchmen | "The Iowa-Scuba Affair" (S01E02) | 1964-1968 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | "Snooper Rifle" | with suppressor and infrared scope | anachronistic | 2001 |
| Saints Row IV | "GI Sniper" | with infrared scope | Alternate Sniper Rifle Skin | 2013 |
| Battlefield V | "M3 Carbine" | with suppressor and infrared scope | added with June 2020 update | 2018 |
Iver Johnson Enforcer Pistol
The Iver Johnson Enforcer is a "pistol" built from M1 Carbine parts. It lacks a buttstock, has a nine inch barrel, and is about 20 inches in length overall. These characteristics mean it does not meet the legal definition of a "rifle" under US state and federal law (barrel of 16 inches or more, 26 inches in length overall, and fitted with a buttstock) and is thus considered a pistol.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dynamite | Byron Minns | Bullhorn | 2009 | |
| Trailer Park of Terror | 2008 | |||
| Stiletto | 2008 | |||
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Antonio Banderas | El Mariachi | 2003 | |
| Christmas Rush | Ghost Dragons gangster | 2002 | ||
| I Shot Andy Warhol | Lili Taylor | Valerie Jean Solanas | 1996 | |
| I Shot Andy Warhol | Revolutionary | 1996 | ||
| El Mariachi | Hitman | 1992 | ||
| Good Guys Wear Black | Chuck Norris | John T. Booker | 1978 | |
| The Gauntlet | Hitman | 1977 | ||
| Slaughter | Don Gordon | 1972 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Angel | Krit | "…And Jesus Brought a Casserole" (S1E22) | 2000 |
Howa M300
The Howa M300 is a Japanese hunting rifle based on the M1 Carbine. It was developed in 1960 and produced by the Howa Machinery Co. A distinctive feature of the early model is a rear iron sight shifted ahead of the ejection port, unlike the original M1.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Colt Is My Passport | Jô Shishido | Shûji Kamimura | 1967 | |
| Akio Miyabe | Miyoshi | |||
| Chigusa Takayama | Tsugawa's servant | |||
| Shimazu's thug | ||||
| G.I. Samurai | Shin'ichi Chiba | Lt. Yoshiaki Iba | 1979 | |
| Kôji Naka | Mimura | |||
| JGSDF soldiers | ||||
| United Red Army | United Red Army Members | NM300, Customized Back Iron Sight and Without Upper Handguard | 2007 |
Erma Werke Model E M1
The Erma Werke Model E M1 is a .22 caliber semi-auto carbine based on the M1 Carbine. It was designed in the early 1960s as a training rifle for the Bundeswehr that used cheaper ammo than service M1 Carbines. The first user of the E M1 was the Austrian Gendarmerie. Numerous E M1 carbines were sold commercially under different names and with slight variations, but all were manufactured in Germany by Erma Werke. Manufacturing started in 1966 and continued until Erma Werke declared bankruptcy in 1997. It was available in several versions including the ESG 22 chambered in .22 WMR, and the sporterised EGMI Model 70 which features traditional sling swivels rather than the original M1 style sling hole in the stock and has an exposed blade front sight. The E M1 saw a brief resurgence in 1999 when it was manufactured by Suhler Jagd und Sportwaffen GmbH as the Erma Suhl Ranger (differentiated by its plainer finish and suppressor threaded barrel), however production was limited and ceased after only a few years.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angels of Terror | E M1; On Dr. Ellis' gun rack | 1971 | ||
| Death of a Hoodlum (Muerte de un quinqui) | Heinrich Starhemberg | Ricardo | E M1 | 1975 |
| Julia Saly | Elena | |||
| The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) | Johanna Wokalek | Gudrun Ensslin | E M1 | 2008 |
| Banklady | Charly Hübner | Hermann Wittorf | Cut-down E M1 | 2013 |
See Also
- Erma Werke - A list of weapons produced by Erma Werke