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M1 Carbine
The M1 Carbine can be seen in the following films used by the following actors and video game:
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 its lack of 'knockdown' power, it was popular, primarily due to its 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 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.
Specifications
- Weight: 5.2 lb (2.4 kg) empty
- Length: 35.6 in (900 mm)
- Barrel length: 18 in (460 mm)
- Cartridge: .30 Carbine
- Action: Gas-operated, rotating bolt
- Rate of fire: Semi-automatic (M1/A1)
- 850–900 rounds/min (M2/M3)
- Muzzle velocity: 1,970 ft/s (600 m/s)
- Feed system: 15 or 30-round detachable box magazine
Manufacturers: Inland (a Division of General Motors), Winchester, Saginaw, Irwin-Pedersen, Rock-Ola (the juke box company), Underwood (Underwood Elliot Fisher), National Postal Meter, Quality Hardware Manufacturing Corp., I.B.M., Standard Products, Commercial Controls Corporation. Post war manufacturers include Auto Ordnance, Plainsfield Machine Company, Howa, Iver Johnson, Universal, & Texas Armament Co.
M1 Carbine
Films
Some of the most commonly seen version of the M1 Carbine in WWII movies is actually the Korean War/Vietnam war era variation.
- Contract killer in F/X (1986)
- French criminals in Police Python 357 (1976)
- Kevin Costner as The Postman in The Postman (1997)
- Mobster in Thief (1981)
- American Soldiers in Inglorious Basterds (2009)
- Tom Sizemore as Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath in Saving Private Ryan (with a buttstock magazine pouch)
- Al Pacino as Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon
- Vietnamese ARVN interpreter in We Were Soldiers
- Rod Steiger in The Sergeant
- 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 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
- U.S. Army soldiers and Marines in War of the Worlds, The (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)
- Used by US Air Force troops in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
- Used by Sicilian police officers in 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- Audie Murphy as Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back (1955)
- French Resistance and US Forces in The Longest Day (1963)
- Tommy Sands as 2nd Lt. Blair in None but the Brave (1965)
- 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
- Clint Eastwood in Pink Cadillac (1989)
- Brian Krause as Colonel Jack Toller, Jon McCarthy as Sergeant Murphy and Caleb Michaelson as Sergeant John Lee in Warbirds (2008)
- Nicaraguan rebels in Under Fire
- Carried by man patrolling waters in Jaws (1975)
- Used by Kristin Dattilo as Claire Winslow, and numerous rebels in Coronado
- Used in Planet of the Apes with custom stocks for the ape's rifles
TV Series
- Jay J.Armes as Stoner in Hawaii Five-0 (M1 with wire retractable stock, foregrip and scope)
- Rick Jason as Lt. Hanley in Combat!
- 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.
- Used by Lt. Mike Torrello's unit and a M-2 carbine was used by Pauli Tagila in Crime Story
- Jake Green (Skeet Ulrich) can be seen using one in the first season of Jericho (TV series)
- Weaponology
- Re-enactors in Mail Call. M1 and M1A1 variant.
- Edward Woodward as Robert McCall in "The Equalizer"
- THRUSH villains in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.. A modified M1 with an infrared sniper scope, rather than an M3.
- Joseph Mazzello as Eugene Sledge as well as other various Marines in The Pacific
- Felice Orlandi as Maurice Dubois in Hogan's Heroes
Video Game
- Call of Duty (M1A1 folding stock)
- Call of Duty: United Offensive (M1A1 folding stock)
- "Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30" (M1A1 Folding Stock)
- "Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood" (M1A1 Folding Stock)
- "Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway" (M1A1 Fixed Wood Stock)
Animation
- U.S. Army soldiers in The Iron Giant
M2 Carbine
The M2 Carbine was 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 and so did 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
- 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
- Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara in Che
- French colonists in Apocalypse Now
- U.S. Army Rangers in The Eagle Has Landed
M3 Carbine
Film
- Seen on a chair and in a gun rack in Neville's apartment in The Omega Man
Video Games
- A silenced variant called the Snooper Rifle is used in Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
- U.S. Army snipers in Stubbs the Zombie
Iver-Johnson Enforcer Pistol
Film
- Chuck Norris uses one of these in the opening scene of "Good Guys Wear Black"
- Don Gordon uses one that he takes from Jim Brown's gun case in "Slaughter"