Sorry for the repost. Unfortunately, this will be a thing from time to time on my channel due to the nature of my videos including studio footage, war themes, and I do listen to feedback and corrections from my viewers. I appreciate everyone's patience.

@KennithBcringe

2 жыл бұрын

Could you tell us what was changed? Love the videos as always!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

I changed the part where it can't be loaded without a full clip to it simply being not easy to do. I also had to remove some Hacksaw Ridge sadly due to copyright problems.

@mbryson2899

2 жыл бұрын

That's commitment, plenty of people wouldn't admit to a mistake. Thank you for your integrity and your hard work. It is appreciated.

@HelloEdits613

2 жыл бұрын

These videos are always posted while I'm sleeping, so they are a nice surprise for when I wake up...

@Autobotmatt428

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I was hoping you would have added the part about m1Ds in Vietnam

Every march I was on, this rifle started out weighing 9.1 lbs. After 26 miles I am certain it weigh 91 lbs.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

Жыл бұрын

Sounds about right

@unionrdr

Жыл бұрын

They are really heavy. My M1A/M14 is 9.9lbs. The Short Lee Enfield I inherited frim dad is a tad over 9lbs as well. They feel like a big chunk of concrete on your shoulder carrying either one all day. But the weight does make for a bit steadier shot.

@failtolawl

Жыл бұрын

No kidding, I would most definitely prefer to be carrying around the m1 carbine around

@ernestwilliams268

11 ай бұрын

And that damn steel butt plate hurt like hell and it kicked like a mule. i carried a BAR most times and it had buffers in the stock. so it didn't kick infact it walked away from you when firing.

@ernestwilliams268

11 ай бұрын

@@failtolawl Only officers carried the carbine when i was in .But it only had a 300 yard range where the M1 Garand had up to 500 yards range but my BAR had a greater range because of its longer barrel but it was 19.5 lbs empty. US Army infantry 1958-1964

It's okay, I'll watch it again.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Lol my man 🙏

@CGFIELDS

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@ronaldtartaglia4459

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@PrincessOfDumbasses

2 жыл бұрын

re-watched it twice just for the kicks

@lookslikejambles5687

2 жыл бұрын

Right , something special about ww2 era weapons maybeits cause everyone was trying to make a better gun that many of them end up interesting

The stupidest thing I hear people say about the garand is that the ping got soldiers killed . It literarily was 2 seconds to put another clip in and most situations soldiers were not within that close range . And I doubt an enemy would hear the ping in the middle of all that combat .

@catinthehat906

3 ай бұрын

Well first hand testimony from a WW2 Veteran talking about stealthy combat in close urban environments says the opposite. If you listen to his account, the relevant section starts at twelve minutes and twenty seconds. kzread.info/dash/bejne/goiXzZdrdr3QabQ.html

@catinthehat906

3 ай бұрын

Well first hand testimony from a WW2 Veteran talking about stealthy combat in close urban environments says the opposite. If you listen to his account, the relevant section starts at twelve minutes and twenty seconds. kzread.info/dash/bejne/goiXzZdrdr3QabQ.html

@ZombieLincoln666

2 ай бұрын

Also, you know, there was also the 1911

@i-h8-democrats

2 ай бұрын

Have you been in combat?

@Zippsterman

2 ай бұрын

WHAT?

The ping leading to GI deaths is a myth. With the mauser and mg43s raining down pain and the BAR and m1 doing the same the ping is covered.

@mbryson2899

2 жыл бұрын

After the first time this vid was published I asked an old friend of mine about the ping (he got an M1 amazingly cheap by joining the DCM back in the 80s). No one he shoots with can ever hear it, ears protected or not, and he can feel & see it but not really hear it.

@BHuang92

2 жыл бұрын

Another rifle with an en-bloc clip that predated the Garand was the Mannlicher bolt action rifles and no-one complained about its ping.

@Xenomorthian

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a vid of someone bump firing a garand the gun itself completely covers the ping

@Assassinus2

2 жыл бұрын

@@BHuang92 The Mannlicher en-bloc clip just dropped out of the bottom when empty (as did the Berthier’s), so there wasn’t any forcible ejection of the clip as such.

@jojomaster7675

2 жыл бұрын

*mg42

As I saw the clips from Band of Brothers, I am saddened by the fact that the last surviving member of Easy Company, 101st Airborne during WWII died today. His name was Bradford Freeman (1924 - 2022).

@jeffreycarrow8584

Жыл бұрын

sadly we are losing the best of this country now we have idiots like the new hitler trump back again that my father fought against i feel sorry for the kids today that they will never know men like my father and mr freeman

The M-1 is genius. If you've ever taken one apart, you know when the operating rod is at its rear most travel, the recoil spring, which doubled as the magazine spring, is fully compressed. Which means it was putting the most pressure on the magazine follower, to chamber another round. Frankly, its brilliant.

@mitchlovesgames7281

2 жыл бұрын

People think the AK took most of its influence from the Sturmgewehr, but as an owner of an M1 and AK its obvious the AK is just a sideways M1 with a shrouded op rod and a 30 round mag. Kalashnikov took the few flaws of the M1 and created possibly the greatest small arm ever made.

@siler7

Жыл бұрын

Its brilliant what? Finish the sentence.

@jackstecker5796

Жыл бұрын

@@siler7 Just that. Its brilliant. From an engineering design standpoint, anytime you can get a part to perform multiple functions, reducing total number of parts, and reducing weight, you done good.

@GreatPolishWingedHussars

Жыл бұрын

Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that actually the Polish wz. 1938M semi-automatic rifle was the best rifle of WWII. Unlike the Garand with the 8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine, the Polish rifle had a 10-round internal box magazine. That was really a pioneering self-loading rifle. Its design is strikingly advanced in its simplicity and functionality; for example, it's composed of several sub-sections interlocked by a single removable steel pin, and thus can be disassembled in moments. Unfortunately, the rifle was brand new in 1939 and was therefore not yet delivered to the Polish army. Therefore, the rifle could not be used in large numbers against the Germans. The German Gewehr 43 is obviously a copy of the Polish Polish wz. 1938M.

@Psychadelika

Жыл бұрын

@@siler7 Damn he really didn't get it huh

I carried the M-1 at Marine ITR after boot camp. The reason for most "M-1 thumbs" was from going from inspection arms to port arms. You used your right thumb to press down the clip follower while using the fleshy part of the hand to move the operating rod slightly to the rear. If you failed to remove your thumb simultaneously as you released the operating rod, the bolt would attempt to chamber your thumb. The result was a dark blue or black thumbnail.

5:39 Bayonet charges almost by definition have a survivor bias. If you win, you get to tell your tale. If not, you are forgotten. I imagine many (most?) bayonet charges in WW II probably didn't succeed as they are always a desperation tactic.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Yah I'd definitely agree with this statement particularly from a Japanese perspective.

@jojomaster7675

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, not exactly, as 1 side would have a decent chance of surviving it. So either you get to tell your bayonet charge story, or someone from the enemy's lines will tell the story of the dudes that attempted a bayonet charge, as that's most likely not something you'd forget.

@regalblade8171

2 жыл бұрын

Or be the 3 brazilian heroes in WW2 (3 brazilian soldiers were ordered to retreat when they got overwhelmed, they said no and after running out of ammo, they bayonet charged the approaching germans, and after getting shot down the germans buried them out of respect

@JohnDoe-wt9ek

2 жыл бұрын

One of two things happen with a bayonet charge. A) The charging element gets cut down by disciplined, effective fire. (And with the advent of weapons like the Machine Gun, happened more frequently than in prior conflicts where bayonet charges were more effective in breaking rank and file units approaching on open battlefields. The Civil War really began to see the end of the bayonet charge as weaponry was seeing rifling become widely popular and utilized in weapons development. So the formations of ranks and files marching forth into battle to fire volleys into an enemy force were rapidly becoming a thing of the past). B) The charging element manages to catch the enemy by surprise and, by sheer will and the fear of the enemy receiving cold steel, breaks the enemy unit in its formation or defensive position (to which there are a number of charges in WW2 that do show those kinds of events happening, but they are, as you said, an act of desperation with no other decision to make without causing unnecessary casualties for your element). However, historically speaking, the bayonet charge almost always relies on two factors. Your own element's willpower to utilize the bayonet, and the willingness of the enemy to meet the bayonet. The factors on which is greater than the other, depends on discipline, morale, positioning, readiness, and often times luck on the part of the charging element.

@thor7856

Жыл бұрын

And when you run out of ammo???

My old man bought a Springfield M1 with all matching 1944 parts on my 30th birthday. I have everything for it including a leather sling, WWII era bayonet, cleaning kit and lots of full clips. It's my favorite rifle more than any other. When he can't handle the recoil in the future, he'll transfer it to me.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky man. Hopefully can keep passing it down through the family.

@kyledunn6853

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Maybe or have it buried with me when it's my turn.

@ShroomKeppie

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq What would keep it from being passed down?

@tomt373

Жыл бұрын

Because of its weight and being gas operated, its' recoil is less that a bolt action rifle of the same caliber. So you might have a long wait.

@kyledunn6853

Жыл бұрын

@@tomt373 No not too long. He'll definitely transfer it because he knows how much I love that rifle.

Glad you mentioned the grenade adapter. An important part of the squad's ability to take out an enemy position, it is often forgotten.

I am fortunate to have a M-1 that my father obtained through the Civilian Marksmanship Program in the late 60’s. These were glorious times when a firearm would arrive by mail covered with cosmolene. He also got a M-1 Carbine the same way. I bought an M-1A just to have a magazine fed edition.

@joshtalbot1086

9 ай бұрын

You can still do that

@johnzemetra6106

9 ай бұрын

@@joshtalbot1086 you are absolutely right.

@dennisyoung4631

Ай бұрын

Not as likely to *bite* the hand that feeds it, eh? My first exposure to these was in a gun store, where there were several of them in a rack. (1987 or so)The bolts were all locked back, and at that time, I did not know what they were - or rather, I did not know they were M1s. I knew they were rifles, they looked well-used, and that was it. I was curious, and stuck my finger down *into* the receiver - and touched that little bar that detects the position of the clip. I have *NO* idea how I did this, but I got my finger out ahead of the bolt as it crashed home with the speed of a rat-trap. I have since referred to the “m” in M1 as standing for “Mousetrap.”

Fun fact: Due to the US Navy being lower on the procurement priority for M14 supply, the US Navy rebarreled the Garand to fire the NATO standard 7.62x51mm round that even used the same en bloc clips. Changes also included a white spacer block in the magazine to prevent the loading of .30-06 rounds into the magazine. Unfun Fact: Due to delays in rifle development and trails, the M1 Garand was manufactured as late as 1957 as a stopgap service rifle until the adoption of the 'army light rifle', which would later be the M14, exemplify the sheer utter failure of US Army Ordnance Branch and Springfield Armory in small arms procurement.

@weathermanwx9199

2 жыл бұрын

Source for the latter is The Great Rifle Controversy by Edward C. Ezell.

@HaloFTW55

2 жыл бұрын

I actually got my hands on a similar 7.62x51 NATO M1, mine was Italian but made in the US and sent to Italy to be converted for Italian use.

@weathermanwx9199

2 жыл бұрын

@@HaloFTW55 I'm glad you had a happier ending than US Army Ordnance.

@rslover65

2 жыл бұрын

I've got one built in late 55. Likely unissued, and fired very little, until I got ahold of it. Plenty of rounds fired now

@Duschbag

2 жыл бұрын

@@HaloFTW55 That is one RARE Bird... I'll give you ONE HUNDRED dollars for it. 😁

Look at this legend using clips from Tanya the Evil

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

I don't mess around on this channel

@fleetofhoof8809

Жыл бұрын

Do you have a visa?

I enjoy firing my Garand. It was a mostly excellent battle rifle. It's length became an issue once the front stabilized during the Korean War. After action reports held in the National Archives show that by 1952 the GIs preferred to be armed with the carbine because the Garand was difficult to wield effectively in the trenches, especially if the CHICOMs or NKs succeeded in breaking into a trench. The Garand was a few inches longer than the width of a doctrinal trench whereas the soldier armed with the carbine didn't have this problem. Although the Garand fired a more powerful cartridge, many GIs preferred the fully automatic carbine because it's magazine held more ammo than the Garand's clip and most of the fighting from fall of 51 until the Armistice was fought at near point blank range. The 5TH RCT ' s AAR after the Battle of Outpost Harry on June 53 make these points in particular.

@GreatPolishWingedHussars

Жыл бұрын

Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that actually the Polish wz. 1938M semi-automatic rifle was the best rifle of WWII. Unlike the Garand with the 8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine, the Polish rifle had a 10-round internal box magazine. That was really a pioneering self-loading rifle. Its design is strikingly advanced in its simplicity and functionality; for example, it's composed of several sub-sections interlocked by a single removable steel pin, and thus can be disassembled in moments. Unfortunately, the rifle was brand new in 1939 and was therefore not yet delivered to the Polish army. Therefore, the rifle could not be used in large numbers against the Germans. The German Gewehr 43 is obviously a copy of the Polish Polish wz. 1938M.

8:14 "Because you told me to, drill sergeant."

I've fired the M-1 myself. Not only is it rugged and reliable, it is incredibly accurate as well. I once fired a clip into a circle four inches in diameter from 75 meters. And, I saw a sergeant put an entire clip into a hole the size of a quarter, from the the same distance, using only his right hand.

@Ryan_Christopher

Жыл бұрын

That’s a huge grouping. To even begin to qualify with the M-16 today on Iron Sights you need to be able to group four rounds within four centimeters at 250 meters. The M-1 is certainly capable of that. You must’ve been rushing your shots to get four inches.

@63grandsport11

Жыл бұрын

@@Ryan_Christopher Could you kindly explain to me how an M16 will ever group 4 rounds within 4 cm = 1.57 inchs at 250 meters. Never happen. Mil-spec for an M16 rifle is 4.5 MOA and for the A4 carbine it's 5 MOA With most rifles shooting about 3MOA and occasionally 2MOA when new.

@Ryan_Christopher

Жыл бұрын

@@63grandsport11 “Never happen?” Then how come I did it it when I zeroed my rifle with 4 rounds x 3 groups, before attempting to qualify with 40 rounds? Granted my first two groups were within 5.2 cm, but my last one was within 4 cm. All within the circle in the 250-meter cardboard zeroing target, set at 25 meters. That small a shot grouping is literally the individual requirement stated in the Army Marksmanship Manual used across the services.

@63grandsport11

Жыл бұрын

@@Ryan_Christopher OK since you kicked this off. Lets really look at facts. Its simple you fired 4 round group that was "1 1/2 inch size @ 273 yards with a GI M16". Draw a one and a half inch circle and tell me you fired GI ammo into theat circle at 273 yards again. Pal I was a member of the US Army Marksmanship unit at Ft. Benning. I have distinguished marksman badge in highpower and smallbore rife and 300 meter International along with CISM military shooting and many state championship wins. I shot with oylimpic and National champions for years WHAT IS A 250 METER (which is 273 yards) SET AT 25 METERS ( which is 27 yards ) TARGET even mean. That makes your military GI M16 shooting 3/4 of a minute of angle. Never happen in my lifetime.

@63grandsport11

Жыл бұрын

@@Ryan_Christopher Are you trying to learn something or not. "Notice I converted Meters to yards for YOU". Its the only way you can move bullet impact on the target All compeitive shooters in the United States use yards except for 300 Meter International shooting matchs. and some smallbors matchs at The National Champioships. Certainly I would engage by using MOA. I'L bet you will have to look up how many 1/4 minute clicks are in one MOA. its simple Pal its all based on Minutes of Angle from 100 yards out. Today the MTU teaches Mills for military and civilian MOA. unless your using a scope in Mills. I know your no real shooter, so slide out of this discussion quietly while you can. While your at it goggle...... Lones Wigger, Jack Foster and John Writer all friends of mine.....No one you know Im sure.👍

Fun Fact: The Type 4 rifle, the Japanese copy of the M1 Garand, had some features that differed from the Americans like the 10 round magazine that is loaded via stripper clips in 7.7mm caliber. It was not the first Japanese semi-auto rifle as they did made some versions of the Pedersen rifle (a rifle design which lost out to the Garand in US trials), but it was the first Japanese semi-auto rifle to be put into serious production. However, the Type 4 was too late to see service and many of the rifles were still incomplete by the time WW2 ended. Only a few samples remain today as the rest of the rifles as well as incomplete parts were dumped into the Tokyo Bay after the war.

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad I couldn't find any clips with it I wanted to talk about it a bit more. An interesting rifle.

@BHuang92

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Not totally accurate but Battlefield 1943 shows one albeit a copy paste model of the M1 Garand

@masahige2344

2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese Pederson (officially the Trial Type A) was one of three families of self-loading rifle developed for the army 1935 semi-auto trials. The Type A was the Tokyo Army Arsenal submission, the Tokyo Gas and Electric Type B was based on the ZH-29 (familiar to Japan from the small numbers captured from the arsenal of Zhang Xueliang) and the Japan Special Steel Type C, designed by Kawamura Masaya, was another Pederson-inspired toggle-delayed recoil design, though less closely based on the Pederson. The Type C even had a fully automatic variant. Ultimately, the Army Ordnance Board decided the higher cost for any semi-auto design wasn't worth it, didn't adopt any of them, and Japanese semi-auto development stagnated until Yokosuka Naval Arsenal entered the Test Type 4 intro production.

@xxxYYZxxx

Жыл бұрын

The original M1 design held 10 rounds but the US Army insisted on using 30-06, so the 8 round version was produced instead. The original design used a better combat round, the Army had billions of 30-06 rounds stockpiled and thousands of Browning light machine guns & BARs that already used the 30-06.

@cdjhyoung

Жыл бұрын

@@masahige2344 I had no idea these Japanese rifles were rare. A 7.7 Jap was my grandfather's preferred deer hunting rifle back around 1970. All I really remember about that gun was that he had to do his own loads, probably because he only had a handful of brass casings.

Best battle implement of the Second World War! I’m glad I have my 1942 dated Springfield armory Garand!

Thanks Johnny. You are spot on about the M1 not being in use early in the Pacific Theater in WWII. My father was a Marine during that time (among the first to hit the beach at Guadalcanal). He said he didn't get to turn in his M1903 for an M1 until he had been in the South Pacific campaign for almost two years.

"The Battle of the Bulge" was filmed in Spain, hence the M47s and 48s posing as Panzers. The M61 rifle grenade was in use with the Spanish Army at the time as the CETME C was able to be fitted with 22mm rifle grenades. They stayed around until the late 1980s.

I happen to own an M1 Garand. It's an incredibly heavy rifle, but packs one hell of a wallop!

@bob707builder8

Жыл бұрын

I have one too. It's a fun gun. Packs a wallop but doesn't bruise your shoulder and very accurate.

@ronaldanderson6481

Жыл бұрын

9.5 lbs. to be exact.

@cschym2705

Жыл бұрын

Love my Garand shoot it up to 500 yards at 18 inch steel from a bench.

@Eric-kn4yn

Жыл бұрын

Then a Tommy gun is too heavy as well caring it all day is when you find that out

@MG-ks1qg

Жыл бұрын

If you think the m1 is heavy, you need to hit the gym. Try shouldering an m240B

One thing to know- the M1906 was issued to US rifle squads not as a sniper rifle, but as a grenade launcher. In '41-'42 they Army didn't have the grenade launch adapter for the M1, so the Springfield soldiered on and covered that role.

The Robert Redford scene on the Nijmegen bridge in "A Bridge too far" (1977) was also epic.

@timothyhastings5933

2 жыл бұрын

That whole river crossing scene was epic.

@rolfagten857

2 жыл бұрын

@@timothyhastings5933 From a German perspective, the actor who played SS General General Ludwig in this same section named Hardy Kruger passed away on 1/19/2022. Herr Kruger was also an Ex H.J. and SS Nibelungen member.

Those at Kent state will never forget the sound of an M1. The #1 lesson of Kent State, "Don't screw with people who have a loaded gun and said gun is pointed at YOU."

4:38 I would have inserted a Wilhelm scream here

I carried and fired the M1 both in the ANG and the Marine Corps. Our outfit still had M1's in early 61. It was a great rifle and fun to fire. It is hard to beat the stopping power of the 30.06 round.

This is the First Rifle I ever shot while I was in Basic Training at Ft Dix NJ in 1962. I can't say enough good things about this Rifle and I was only 18 years old at this time! One of the things we had to do is pass a test with taking it apart and putting it back together while Blindfolded and I felt sorry for those who failed this test ..... Ha Ha Ha!

I own an M1. They're great rifles. Highly recommend picking one up.

@madddog6790

Жыл бұрын

Picked up a fairly nice Danish turn back a few years back. A guy from my local Izaak Walton league had been buying the CMP yearly limit (4 at the time, iirc) every year. As it turned out, he lived about 5 blocks from me, so I just swung by his house to pick it up. He had a huge safe with at least 20 of them in there, along with 1/2 dozen or so 1903s, and a couple of the six shooter .45s that the Army used. Lots of history in that safe.

@tomjackson4374

Жыл бұрын

The next time I have $2000 to spend I will remember that. I don't qualify for CMP but wish to God I did.

@madddog6790

Жыл бұрын

@@tomjackson4374 I had actually qualified for CMP. I had to go shoot a hi power match at a local club (which was actually a lot of fun), and I think my Izaak Walton League membership counted for something. IIRC, having a CCW and/or C&R license (which I had at the time) counts too. You should look into it...it may be easier than you think. Don't know what their stock is at the moment, but at the least, you maybe could get on the waiting list.

@Mortablunt

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but I cannot bring myself to buy something that costs $1200 but does nothing an AR10, which has several significant improvements, cannot.

@tomjackson4374

Жыл бұрын

@@Mortablunt For one thing the history is off the charts. Patton was right and that rifle probably had as much to do with American success as anything other equipment. For another, if you are stuck in some state that bans "assault rifles" the M1 is your best option. 30-06 is one of the best rounds ever made and this rifle will reach out 800 to 1000 yards. And the 8 round clips are very fast to reload. That said I would jump over ten AR10's to get a FN/FAL.

I always find it so funny when you have very gritty and harsh war movies that have very accurate scenes and weapons, but then you just add a clip from an anime or other cartoon, shit always makes me laugh

@axelNodvon2047

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me lol, his german anti tank gun video just switches to a minecraft and roblox footage after a war movie

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

I like to keep things light hearted otherwise I'd get depressed using only harsh war movie scenes lol

@SStupendous

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq I think the Spencer rifle - in the movies would make an awesome video if you're open to feedback.

@Christopher-rw2bp

2 жыл бұрын

Tbf Youjo Senki is a good anime, but its better as a light novel or manga imo, you should read or watch it , I recommend

The M1 Garand continued in use by reserves and National Guard long after World War II and Korea. The Guardsmen at Kent State on May 4, 1970, were armed with M1’s.

@LMTDDS

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the students and dissidents didn't think they were loaded. 67 shots. 13 seconds. 4 dead 9 wounded.

I did not expect Youjo Senki to be included in this video of all things.

I was trained with the M-1 Garand in 1960 at Fort Ord and one of the first things they had us recruits do was throw it up in the air and let it come back down and hit the ground. This was to show us how tough and indestructible the rifle was.

@dessullivan668

Жыл бұрын

We would have been confined to Barracks if we treated our Lee Enfield's like that.

@Marcfj

Жыл бұрын

@@dessullivan668 - Not if you were instructed to do so by your military superiors.

Thanks for the list of movies. Some I haven't seen before.

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Жыл бұрын

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1903, 550 yds maximum effective range. Garand, 500 yds maximum effective range. Both fired at 200, 300, 500 and 600 yds on Marine rifle ranges. I fired a 1903 effectively at 800 yds on the range at Quantico. No problem, with Lake City Match ball. I also witnessed a Garand used on the 1000 yd open sights range at Camp Perry in 1973, to great advantage. I was competing with a modified M 14 provided by the armorers at Quantico.. Another guy with another rifle won. The Garand, a semi auto also in 30:06 was more effective on the battlefield than the '03 and I agree fully with Patton, on this issue

The 1903 Springfield and the M1 semi-automatic 30.06 probably the 2 best combat rifles ever. The Springfield was of course borne out of the 98 German Mauser, making it a very well machined weapon

@jojomaster7675

2 жыл бұрын

I'd make a case for the M98 Mauser rifle or the AK-47 being the best, as both were very reliable and effective designs for their era and would later on go to serve through and inspire multiple generations.

@williamoneswhannell1060

2 жыл бұрын

What about the Lee Enfield serve the british empire well

@herbertbrown119

Жыл бұрын

Got the Lee enfield and the 30-06 garand. The garand is faster but the enfield more accurate and lighter

@ShroomKeppie

Жыл бұрын

@@herbertbrown119 I first fired both the Springfield and the Garand on the same day. The '03 recoil smashed me pretty good, but the Garand was more like a strong shove than a blow.

@herbertbrown119

Жыл бұрын

@@ShroomKeppie Haven’t fired the Springfield but it sound pretty much like the 303 enfield. Maybe because they’re both bolt guns

In Oct. 1941, my father went through Army Basic training, using the Springfield .03 bolt action rifle! Sometime after the Pearl Harbor Attack in Dec. he was issued the new M-1 Garand rifle! Then, in 1963, when I entered Nat'l Guard service, they still issued the M-1, but changed to the new M-14, entering Basic in '64! Personally, I have always felt that every soldier should have been issued the much lighter M-1 Carbine, (Officer's weapon), in WWII, which fired twice as many rounds & easier to carry!

@AmericanMadeMud

Жыл бұрын

A National Guard guy who served in Korea told me about his M-1 carbine not stopping a Commie at close range when he dumped his magazine in the guy. Had to club him with his empty weapon. He soon after acquired a real M-1 from some Marines. Made it home with one and a half feet. Died in his sleep in his 70s.

4:20 Funny thing is that it’s often over exaggerating about how painful it is to receive a ‘Garand Thumb’ when reloading a Garand. It’s only as painful as receiving a pinch than as painful to the point where you feel like your thumb is getting broken from receiving a Garand Thumb.

@dw7094

2 жыл бұрын

Contrary to popular belief you don't have to ram the clip all the way down into the follower. Just push the clip in until you feel the first click, then use the palm of your hand to send the operating rod forward. The "garand thumb" was born out some silly drill & ceremony procedure.

I still remember during training, one of my fellow trainees emptying the mag in like less of a second! The instructor stood up and literally started kicking him. The guy went on taking push ups for the rest of the training I saw him 5 hours later just laying there trying to lift him self! Oh the good old times!!!!

@doughesson

Жыл бұрын

Bet he didn't do that again.

In Saving Private Ryan, Melish and Caparzzo surprised a few Germans coming out of the bunker. Melish fires, shoots again but gets a stovepipe, garand clears it, then fires another round.Just another reason the Garand was an awesome weapon.

1:50 Excellent working isolating the sound of cycling the Springfield along with your voice-over!

Hills are for heros, main event,glory among men, the ringer, all that jazz. to name a few

Love the M1. Just got a CMP Expert Grade-- new walnut stock, parkerized, new Criterion barrel. Shoots like a dream.

As one of the armorers in the USS Forrestal's Ship's Armory (68-72), I cleaned hundreds of M1 Garands and M1 Carbines. Our landing force and sponson watches were equipped with them.

Great editing thanks.

The reason most Marines on Guadalcanal still had 1903 A3 Springfields was because the Marine brass was slow to adopt the new M1 Garand not because the M1’s were preferentially issued to the Army. The Marine higher ups began by issuing the M1’s to rear echelon troops before being issued to front line Marines. By the time the Marine Corps decided to fully adopt the new rifle the troops assigned to invade Guadalcanal had already sailed. The 2nd Marine Raiders and some engineer units had M1 rifles on Guadalcanal.

@LIGHTNING278TH

2 жыл бұрын

The A3's were anachronistic as they were not adopted or fielded until 1943. For a good chunk of the war the Army used the 1903 for the grenadier's rifle as the development of the grenade adapter for the M1 was also a late addition.

@DefunctYompelvert

2 жыл бұрын

@@LIGHTNING278TH the Series the Pacific is probably to blame for that

My dad carried the M 1 rifle through out the Pacific. He said it was a reliable and trusty weapon.

I did my military obligation in the Turkish army in the 2000s for a month, and they gave us M1s. We walked with these rifles where ever we went and did. They were not loaded, and we are like kids, started playing with the rifle. One day someone dropped it on the ground and rifle got broke into two parts! Poor kid was scared to death about the penalty but nothing happened. Finally, they took us to the shooting range and gave us a magazine with 3 bullets in it. Everyone shot at the same time with so much noise. I waited and then when it was quite, pulled the trigger. When my supervising officer saw the result on the target, he congratulated me and asked where I learned how to shoot. I said, in America!

@mexecutioner890

Жыл бұрын

That's a great story!

Waiting to get my fathers M1 from WWII. I'm a Retired US Marine 1980-2017

I just bought an M1 from the CMP can't wait till it arrives. I feel like giving yourself Garand Thumb is necessary to Christen the rifle for the new owner and I plan to do so.

Thank you for addressing the Garand ping myth.

These are such beautiful rifles! If you ever get a chance to hold one, I was kinda struck at it's weight compared to a loaded m4. it's got some heft to it! It's kinda crazy but the average height and weight of a US army soldier in ww2 was 5'8" (1.72m) and 145 lbs (66kg)! It's truly remarkable to see all the gear they had to carry especially a load m1 rifle with 180lbs of .30-06ammo or 20lbs for a BAR!

7:00 "Almost going out of their way to be anachronistic" Understatement of the year :D Pershings (?) painted to gray with the balkenkreuz = Tigers :D

This is very high quality. Keep it up

Fun fact: I have this (the ping*) set as my text message ringtone Not so fun fact: when I did I forgot I’d done so, and when my mother texted me about half an hour later it startled me

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

lol love it

Good info and nice visuals. Enjoyed it! :)

Nothing beats a classic M1 Garand! Especially that "ping" sound. Seriously, name a more iconic rifle. I wager everybody who watched this video wants one, myself included.

@mbr5742

Жыл бұрын

Mauser 98/98K. The majority of "germans" in movies use one if they use a rifle (Cross of Iron II has a rare display of a Stug-44). And the weapon did soldier from 1898 to the 1950s (ie Yugoslavia build them under licence). Still a common "be veee veee quiet vee are hunting piggies" rifle in the late 1980s in germany (semi-automatics are not allowed for hunting)

@dessullivan668

Жыл бұрын

What about the old Winchester 30/30 . Just a beautiful rilfle.

@MG-ks1qg

Жыл бұрын

A $2000 M1 costs only a dollar. The ping costs $1999, and it's a package deal only

@MG-ks1qg

Жыл бұрын

Some more iconic weapons from WW2: MG42 MP40 9mm Luger Mauser

Love how you brought up the experimental Japanese version but not the Italy copy the BM59 that was put into service. Although it does look more like an M14 over an M1 it came out before the M14 and did have versions more closely resembling the M1

Well. There goes my weekend 😞thanks Ross

I fired the weapon in advance infantry training at Camp Pendleton in 1966. I loved it.

I was a gunnersmate and leading seamon in the gunnery division we had a armory full of grand M1s that's a very good weapon

Good video, thank you for your research.

Sobel notices dirt in the rear sight aperture, but not the missing upper butt plate screw.

Very well done video's.

8:15 "Because you told me to, Drill Sgt?"

I’m happy there’s clips of saga of Tanya the Evil, an anime also known as Youjo Senki. It’s a great anime

Great to see that you made a video about the M1 rifle. I just picked up my first on Sunday and I think it's a keeper.

As a 'young' man in Sr. High, I was active in the Army ROTC program at the high school I went to and graduated from. The M-1 Garand was the rifle that the cadets used in training, etc. so I was familiar with it. Upon joining the Army in July 1970, the M-16 was being issued and it certainly was lighter, easier to use and easy to service. I still used the M-16 series when I retired in 1990 and still have fond memories of the M-1 Garand, M-16 series and a few other Army weapons I was responsible for. After retirement I've never had a time where I thought, "I need a gun right now!"

@RespectMyAuthoritaah

Жыл бұрын

Then don't buy a gun.

@jessejohnson159

Жыл бұрын

@@RespectMyAuthoritaah Well, I haven't, and that decision has had NOTHING to do with your comment! 😂

Well I didn't expect to see ST Voyager here but I'll take it! The m1 was a beautiful weapon and was listed on the 5 inventions that won WW2, the only firearm to do so

Fun fact: the inventor of the AK-47 Admired John Garand, and used some of his ideas.

Nice job, Johnny!

what is this channel and why have i only discovered it just today? AMAZING. i wish i could've found it sooner.

When I was in the army in the -70s we were told it was a Garand - we weren't told anything about it being an M1. But they were fun shooting.

Thanks, Johnny...you about said it all just right! Well Done!

The Marine silent drill team uses the M-1. It's easy to forget while watching one of their performances that that's a nine pound rifle.

Good video. Love the M-1. Hope to buy one soon.

The bayonets by that time were mainly a morale kind of the thing, kind of like the officers who carried swords in WW1. But having a decent knife like that on your belt came in handy.

Good video!!!!

I was watching a video yesterday, in which they commented, "Often called the Garand", rather than, "Often called the M1", and when you consider the army had an M1 Rifle, M1 Carbine, M1 Submachine Gun, M1 Helmet, three M1 Tractors (light, medium, and heavy) and probably a bunch of other M1s, the former makes more sense, at least in the WWII military.

The first gun I ever fired. I still think it is almost perfect.

Excellent, Johnny! See what an originial goes for today!

Planning to do a Type 38 Arisaka Rifle?

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

2 жыл бұрын

I'm adding that to my list right now. Should be very doable. I'm also overdue for some Japanese content. Working on the Lewis gun this week.

I inherited my M1 Garand from my Dad. It was made by International Harvester, and is fun to shoot.

@tommissouri4871

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, my brother-in-law got my Dad's. (my sister) He bought it from a local school teacher, so it wasn't really sentimental or anything. I got a couple of my Dad's that were sentimental, so I'm good. Still, it would have been nice to have.

Love you vids bro!

@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words

great vid

What does a battle rifle have in common with a microwave? They both go ‘Ping!’ when they’re done.

Thanks for including the type 4 rifle, in fact I like the type 4 more than the m1 itself. The IJA actually reconstructed the type 4 for a 10 round box magazine loaded with 2 5-round stripper clips of 7.7x58 Arisaka.

also, thank you for adding clips from korean war movies

Nice summary.

Not for nothing, Johnny, but have you ever watched episodes of Combat! the TV series from the 60's? Pierre Jalbert was the guy to watch with the M1. The foley editor for the series was spot on with the sound of the weapons, too.

First rifle I ever baught. Got it on the day I ETSed out of the USA in 96. Still own it today. One of my most favorite sounds in life is PING!!!

What I remember most, is people telling me about "M1 thumb".

Amazing videos. Keep up the great work and god bless every man and woman that has served their country.

Last year I bought a beautiful 1943 Springfield Arsenal M1 Garand. I have yet to get it out to the range, but it is the queen of my safe.

I won’t ever ever forget doing drills with it nothing better than it, the feel of it between my hands, the sounds of wood and metal, the weight of it ! Made me feel proud of it the loud bang! Of the shot ! If I could I would own one. …. 🇨🇦🇬🇹

@davefellhoelter1343

Жыл бұрын

Sorry? I own Modern firearms all the way back to Cap and Flint Locks! When I run my M1 WOW! She feels Perfect, easy to handle, Recoil, just enough muzzle climb, everything as it Should Be, Hits Like a TRUCK! Hits right where she is Told! Fast on the reload! Just plain old Comforting! My M14 is a Very Close 2nd! just for the lock and kind of rock mag change?

@rodas-1919

Жыл бұрын

@@davefellhoelter1343 yes some time ago I was lucky to try the M-14 and I like more the 7.62 at the place I was at time there were not many m14’s around …. However we had galils using the 7.62 cartridge the recoil was a bit gentle nevertheless I liked it one hit and the target won’t get up for more

@MG-ks1qg

Жыл бұрын

Literally just go and buy one then.

I got a Sharpe shoot training on the M1 as standard in the Danish military in 1984, and at the time it was standard to shoot at 1000 feet/300 meters at target practice to tune/calibrate the sights at 1000 feet, that was our combat visor by the way, I would have my 8 rounds at center at target, that was "silver" at the time, -most would be in bronze and silver and a few at gold. I was thought to disable the M1 blindfolded and then assemble the riffle again, we should do this under 10 mins, -do cleaning and put it together again, I could :-) -I love the that riffle!, later I got HK G3 rifle and combat visor was at now at 256 feet, never like the G3, to compare the M1 was fine mechanic that just so nice design and engineer! -the G3 is so rough engineer, I get it is mass-produced and the M1 is expensive and take longer time to train on, and might not be the best choice in urban war it could penetrate brick walls at close range!!!

2:05 that guy looks so fucking cool man

This documentary is actually better, than most, if not all of the films you’ve featured this weapon in, in my opinion.

The M1 Garand is my favorite gun

I used the Garand in the Italian army in 1983-1984. Heavy to carry during long nights of guard duty...