M1 Garand

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| 1936 – 1957 (as the standard U.S. service rifle)<ref>U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Springfield Armory: The best battle implement ever devised (U.S. National Park Service). National Park Service. Retrieved 18 February 2023, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/springfieldarmoryww2.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005120441/https://www.nps.gov/articles/springfieldarmoryww2.htm|archive-date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
| 1936–1957 (as the standard U.S. service rifle)<ref>U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Springfield Armory: The best battle implement ever devised (U.S. National Park Service). National Park Service. Retrieved 18 February 2023, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/springfieldarmoryww2.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005120441/https://www.nps.gov/articles/springfieldarmoryww2.htm|archive-date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
| 1940s – Present (other countries)}}
| 1940s–Present (other countries)}}
| used_by = ''See'' ''{{section link|M1 Garand rifle|Users|nopage=yes}}''
| used_by = ''See {{section link|M1 Garand rifle|Users|nopage=yes}}''
| wars = {{Collapsible list
| wars = {{Collapsible list
| bullets = yes
| bullets = yes
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| unit_cost = About $85 during World War II ({{Inflation|US|85|1943|r=-1|fmt=eq}})
| unit_cost = About $85 during World War II ({{Inflation|US|85|1943|r=-1|fmt=eq}})
| production_date = 1934 – 1957
| production_date = 1934–1957
| number = 5,468,772<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Leroy |title=The M1 Garand |publisher=Osprey |year=2012|location=Oxford |page=33 |isbn=978-1-84908-621-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k-C6CwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
| number = 5,468,772<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Leroy |title=The M1 Garand |publisher=Osprey |year=2012|location=Oxford |page=33 |isbn=978-1-84908-621-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k-C6CwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
| variants = ''See'' ''{{section link|M1 Garand rifle|Variants|nopage=yes}}''
| variants = ''See {{section link|M1 Garand rifle|Variants|nopage=yes}}''
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| mass = {{convert|9.5|lb|kg|2|abbr=on}} to {{convert|11.6|lb|abbr=on}}
| mass = {{convert|9.5|lb|kg|2|abbr=on}} to {{convert|11.6|lb|abbr=on}}
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