M1 Carbine

The M1 Carbine can be seen in the following films used by the following actors and video game:

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World War Two Era M1 Carbine, with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - correct for most of WW2, shown with khaki sling and oiler and a period twin magazine pouch for buttstock

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Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch. Most of the World War 2 variations of the M1 Carbine were sent back to the Military Arsenals and retrofitted with the Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight. This is the version seen after last 1945 and all the way until the 1960s. This version is seen most often in World War 2 movies, despite being anachronistic for most World War 2 battles

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Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with M4 bayonet and twin magazine pouch

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The Modern Manufactured version of the M1 Carbine, with standard stock, from Auto-Ordnance (affiliated with Kahr Arms and Thomson Arms). Chambered in .30 Carbine

The M1 Carbine was 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, NCOs and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. Despite it's lack of 'knockdown' power, it was popular, primarily due to it's handiness and lightweight and was seen in front line usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II.

Contrary to what movie and TV viewers see, the M1 Carbine did not have a bayonet lug during World War 2. 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 and 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

M1 Carbine

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M1A1 Carbine .30 Carbine with adjustable rear sights, and side-folding stock

Films

Some of the most commonly seen version of the M1 Carbine in WW2 movies is actually the Korean War/Vietnam war era variation.

• Tom Sizemore as Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath in Saving Private Ryan (with a buttstock magazine pouch)

• El Mariachi

• Al Pacino as Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon

• Vietnamese ARVN interpretor in We Were Soldiers

• Jeff Bridges in Nadine

• Rod Stieger in The Sargeant

• U.S. Army soldiers in Band of Brothers (with and without folding stocks)

• Robert Joy as Charlie in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead

• John Wayne, David Janssen, George Takei, U.S. Navy Seabees, ARVN soldiers,and Viet cong in The Green Berets.

• ARVN soldiers, Saigon Police in Good Morning Vietnam

• Keenan Wynn as Col."Bat"Guano in Dr. Strangelove

• U.S. Army soldiers in The Day The Earth Stood Still'(1951)

• U.S. Army soldiers and Marines in War of The Worlds (1953)

• William Holden as Lt. Harry Brubaker, Mickey Rooney as CWO Mike Forney in The Bridges at Toko-Ri

• Kevin Costner as "Shakespeare" in the beginning of The Postman

• Used by French soldier in The 317th Platoon (1965)

• Audie Murphy as Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back (1955)

• French Resistance and US Forces in The Longest Day (1963)

• U.S. Marines in Flags of our Fathers, including Sgt. Mike Strank (Barry Pepper) and PFC Ira Hayes (Adam Beach)

• The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

• The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

• When Worlds Collide (1951)

• A Walk In The Sun (1945)

• Seen in Neville's gun rack in The Omega Man (Post WW2 Version)

• Soviet soldiers and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

• Brian Krause as Colonel Jack Toller in Warbirds (2008)

• Jon Mccarthy as Sergeant Murphy in Warbirds (2008)

• Caleb Michaelson as Sergeant John Lee in Warbirds (2008)

TV Series

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M1 Carbine with retractable wire stock and foreward pistol grip .30 Carbine

• Mission Impossible (TV Series)

• Charles Knight aka Tankboy as a US Ranger during Op WW2 in Tankboy

• Various characters on Lost particularly in the 1970's scenes.

• M*A*S*H Various characters on guard duty and some patients.

Video Game

• Call of Duty (M1A1 folding-stock)

• Call of Duty: Big Red One

• Call of Duty 2

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts

M2 Carbine

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M2 Carbine. Select-fire version used primarily during the Korean War and also by ARVN forces during Vietnam. Note the 30rd magazine and wing-screw on muzzle-break. Chambered in .30 Carbine

Film

• A Serbian gangster in In China They Eat Dogs

• Soviet soldiers and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

• Soviet troops in Skyjacked (mocked up to resemble AK-47 rifles)

• VC in The Odd Angry Shot.

M3 Carbine

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The short-lived M3 Carbine. Known by many who field-tested it as "The Abomination". Chambered in .30 Carbine

Film

• Seen on a chair and in a gun rack in Neville's apartment in The Omega Man

Video Games

• U.S. Army snipers in Stubbs the Zombie

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Film

• El Mariachi