who invented the M1 garands and carbines used during WW2?
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John C. Garand invented the M1.
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I can't say for sure about the Italians, but the main reason that the average German Infantry soldier was armed with a bolt action rifle was because of Hitler.  In WWI, he was a lowly corporal, armed with a Mauser '98.  When he became dictator, some things about him he couldn't be persuaded to change on.  To him, if it was good enough for him back then, it was good enough for the soldier when he was leading.  His generals wanted to develop and field a semi-auto.  So the German military was stuck with the '98.  Although they did shorten the stock and barrel, which is why the WWII variation was called the '98K (for Kurtz, or "short"--a carbine).  It's true that typically, a mass produced rifle will shooter tighter groups with a bolt action than with a semi-auto (or even full auto) but I'd like to point out to people that the M1 Garand and M1A was modified into sniper roles.  Our M-16 series rifle is commonly modified into varmint and sniper weapons both by civilians (and now) the military.\n\nHitler didn't limit himself to resisting just a semi-auto rifle.  He also had very strong ideas concerning shotguns (he was terrified of them when he served in WWI, therefore lobbied repeatedly to get them banned during WWII and never used gas on enemy soldiers; although his atrocities with the death camps shows how little respect he had for human life).  Hitler's decisions hindered his military in many ways, such as using the first, mass produced, jet aircraft for bombing instead of aireal interception like it was designed for.  The Japanese spent most of their resources on ships and planes.  The common belief was that the individual soldier wasn't as important.  Better to have 20 soldiers armed with crappy bolt actions than 1 soldier armed with a semi-auto. They were fighting their war 40 years out of date when it came to infantry.  As far as the Italians, I can't say for sure, unless it was just because Mussalini followed step with the Germans.
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Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников, born November 10, 1919) is a famous Russian gun designer. Born in a poor peasant family in the village of Kurya, Altai region, he started his engineering career working at a train depot, where Kalashnikov was able to learn much about mechanics. In 1938 he was drafted into the Red Army and served as a tank commander during the first months of the Great Patriotic War. In October 1941 Kalashnikov was heavily wounded in combat and sent home from the frontlines. He started to create his first gun designs in a hospital and soon joined a depot's workshop of the Moscow Aviation Institute. While working there Kalashnikov produced a number of innovations for tanks, including a mechanism that would count the number of shots fired. Within several years, he was promoted to the position of chief engineer and given far more resources. In 1947, he designed the AK-47 (an acronym for "Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947"). In 1949 the AK-47 assault rifle became operational in the Red Army; after this the design would become Kalashnikov's most famous invention.
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It is probably a Mauser, can be a little longer than other mausers that you have seen, fires a standard 8mm Mauser cartridge\n\nDepending upon condition, it can be worth nearly nothing or a couple of hundred bucks.  \n\nMauser made two types of guns, the 93 and the 98, the main difference is that the 98 cocks on raising the bolt; the 93 cocks on opening and closing the bolt.  \n\nThe action (bolt, etc) is one of the strongest ever created and if the bolt is rustless and in good condition, it could sell for $150 separately.  \n\nThe US 1903 Springfield used in both WWI and WWII is a copy of the Mauser and prior to WWI, Mauser was in process of suing Springfield for patent infringement.  Part of the treaty ending WWI stopped the suit.  Interestingly, Bayer had created Aspirin, which was a help in relieving pain, and the Bayer aspirin formula became generic after WWI because that was one of the items in the WWI treaty.
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P90 here i'm thinking of getting M4 carbine and probably a gas  blowback barreta or glock. On the Rocket launcher good luck I heard there were plans for an CO2 powered RL somewhere on the net but i haven't really looked.
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G'day Wende H,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nFull metal jacket bullets were acceptable under the Hague Convention of 1899. They were generally used during World War 2.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
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Thanks for the M1 Garand answer. I will give you a great balistics site I like. \nIt gives you ammunition Balistics. The Velocity-Energy-Trajectory.\n By the way. What do you think about the M!a SOCOMM 16?
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everyone knows that smith and wesson is the best brand.  all american fire arms.  not made in china ;)
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The U.S.'s M1A2 Abrahms tank. The tank has a 120mm. gun and is the most technologically advanced tank in the world. The Abrahms was designed to destroy Russian Tanks.
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American - P51D Mustang, F4U Corsair & P-38 Lightning\nBritish - Supermarine Spitfire & DeHavilland Mosquito\nGerman - Messerschmitt BF-109
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the villar perosa is the mother of the sub machine guns first develop in 1915 by the Italian army , it could fire a 9 mm round.\nThis gun is the origin of the Beretta 1918.  The Germans had there bergmann MP 18 witch was some months prior in production as the Beretta but his development started only in 1916 so the villar perosa was first.  \nBut I must say that the Thompson could had been the fist one hadn't the development been put on hold in 1917.\n\nalso famous guns are the grease gun M3, the sten, the MP 40 and the MAS.  \npresent day guns are the Uzi, the Ingram ,H&K and last but certainly not least the FN P90
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try these sites they are pretty good\nhope i helped\nhttp://www.world-war-2.info/weapons/\n\nhttp://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/
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Actually, spartanerik, the XM8 program was cancelled. The M4A1 is a good rifle, but I like the M16A4 better. It has a little more power and accuracy than the carbine, and makes for a pretty good sniper's weapon, in a pinch. (With optics, of course)
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None that I know of make direct comparisons/contrasts.\n\nI can help you out a lot more than TheWiseOne, as his answer contains many inaccuracies.\n\nContrary to what the WiseOne stated, the M1 Garand was adopted as the standard US Army infantry rifle in 1936 and was standard issue when we entered the war.  The USMC still had a predominance of '03 Springfields, as they didn't receive new equipment until after the Army.  I find it odd that the WiseOne denigrates the Springfield for being "obviously dated and had been used in World War I.".  That's funny, because the standard infantry rifle the Germans used during WWII, the K98k, was simply a newer, shorter version of the Gewehr 98, the Model 1898 Mauser rifle, developed before and used during WWI (the Springfield used the same action as the Mauser by the way).  Both were fine bolt-action weapons, but couldn't compare with the M1 because of their slow rate of fire (the US was the only army in WWII to have a semi-automatic rifle as it's standard infantry weapon).\n\nThe primary sub-machine gun of the US Army during WWII was the M1928A1, M1, and M1A1 versions of the Thompson sub-machine gun.  A fairly heavy weapon, accurate at short ranges, and it had a lot of stopping power due to the fact it was chambered for the .45ACP round.  From 1944 onwards it was slowly phased out and replaced by the M3 Grease Gun.  It was cheaper and far simpler to mass produce than the Thompson.  Contrary to what the WiseOne states, both used 30 round box magazines (although 20 round was available for the Thompson).  The German MP-40 (the famed Schmeisser, although Schmeisser had no part in it's design) was chambered for 9MM Parabellum.  It was lighter and had a slightly lower cyclic rate than the Thompson (but a bit higher than the M3).\n\nComparing the MP-44 and the BAR is like comparing apples and oranges.  The MP-44 is the ancestor of the modern assault rifle, and was used as such.  The BAR is analagous to the M249 SAW that the US Army currently uses.  The MP-44 was a good weapon, with decent accuracy and range, and a cyclic rate high enough to provide fairly heavy firepower.  Very useful in urban fighting.\n\nThe BAR was a great weapon, heavy, but provided very good, accurate firepower for platoons.\n\nI don't know what "tiny Walther pistols" WiseOne is speaking about.  The standard German sidearms of WWII were the Parabellum-Pistole (popularly known as the Luger) and the Walther P-38.  Both were chambered for the 9MM Parabellum round, and both were fairly accurate.  The P-38 was easier and cheaper to make, and more tolerant of various environmental conditions.  The M1911A1 Colt .45 was a fairly good pistol, not particularly accurate, but the .45 ACP round provided good stopping power, and it was fairly reliable.\n\nThe German MG-42 was an excellent weapon, the best of its' class during the war.  It was the basis for the postwar design of the US M-60 machine gun.  I don't know what the WiseOne is speaking of when he mentions "and other lamer machine guns" when speaking of the US.  The primary US light machine gun was the .30 Browning.  It's sustained fire rate wasn't as good as the MG-42, but nevertheless the air-cooled version was a more than competent, if not very good weapon.  The standard heavy machine gun of the US was the Browning M2 .50.  This was an excellent weapon, best in it's class, and is still in use today by many countries. The M2 was just as accurate as the MG-42, and had greater power and ranger. Then again, pretty much any weapon designed by John Browning turned out to be excellent.\n\nThis following statement is absolutely wrong:\n\n"American planes were better than German planes by the time we entered the war, as the RAF killed off many of their better planes."\n\nThe best American fighters of the war at the time of our entry were the P-40 and F4F.  Neither one was anywhere near as good as the
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go on yahoo.com and type in search ((PLANES USED IN WORLD WAR 2))
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Check Numrich Gun Parts.\ne-gunparts.com\nOn the "schematics" page they also have a manufatures cross referance that will tell you who made your rifle!  If you have any problems, just send a note to the folks at Numrich and they can tell you everything about your gun!
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Try this website, it has a relatively large selection\nhttp://ww2.collectorcartraderonline.com/