The M1 Garand officially replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the standard service rifle of the United States Armed Forces in 1936. General George S. Patton called it “the Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised.”
M1 Garand Rifle
Aug 20, 2012
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