2007-05-21 10:10:14 · 12 answers · asked by sgtdan456 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Every M1 Garand sent to the front lines in WWII was chambered in .30'06. Standard front line issue was US .30 Cal. M2 Ball Ammuntion. The M2 bullet was a spitzer (pointed) 150 grain full metal jacket round, fired at a velocity just under 3000fps. There were tracer and gernade-launching blank .30'06 rounds as well, available to US troops in WWII, though most of the tracer was in belted machine gun ammo.
This is not to be confused with the M1 Carbine also issued to some paratroopers and front line troops. The M1 Carbine fired the .30 Carbine round. US .30 Carbine M1 Ball Ammuntion. This is a much less potent round, firing a 110 grain full metal jacket round nosed bullet at just under 2000fps.
And for the record, any calibers of rechambered or other variant Garands do not apply to standard issue WWII M1 Garand's.
The .30'06 Springfield cartridge was adopted by the US military in 1906, hence the '06. The .30 meant the bullet was .30 caliber or thirty one-hundreths (30/100) of an inch in diameter. The .30'06 is known for its debut in going to the front lines in WWI, in 1903 model Springfields that were chambered for .30'06. The BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) and other infantry model Browning machine-guns were chambered in .30'06 as well. Before WWII, the military did look at and experiment with smaller cartridges (in the .270 caliber range) but the .30'06 was settled upon to be the caliber of the M1 Garand. And so it was WWII where the .30'06 and M1 Garand were immortalized.
2007-05-21 10:43:49 · answer #1 · answered by DT89ACE 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
The M1 Garand was chambered for the 30/06 cartridge as we know it. There were some chambered for the 7.62 Nato ( .308 Winchester) towards the end of the war. During WWII the 30/06 round was exclusively used for supply and logistical purposes as our Garand, BAR and Browning MG used the same cartridge.
2007-05-22 06:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used the 30-06 Springfield cartridge. The M1 Garand is more formally known as the "U.S rifle caliber .30 M1".
2007-05-22 12:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by T.Long 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In world war II all M1 garands were chambered in 30.06 that were issued.After the war the navy did chamber some in 7.62x51(308).
2007-05-21 12:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by airborne0607 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
.30-06 Springfield.
2007-05-21 18:08:28 · answer #5 · answered by super682003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easy and a fairly cheap round. It's 30.06 So a 30 ott 6 if you don't really know ammo terminology.
2007-05-21 10:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by Steven B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
all M-1 grands are 30 - 06. There is no difference between any of the round if you jumped out of airplanes or not
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2007-05-22 03:42:25 · answer #7 · answered by suro25 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The M1-Garand shots a 30.06. All of them do, whether it was modified stock or regular issue.
2007-05-21 10:13:35 · answer #8 · answered by lestermount 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
DT89ACE is spot on!
outdoors... needs to read more and stop cutting and pasting!
2007-05-23 16:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by beavizard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dt89ace knows what he is talking about. That is what I would have said , but with less info.
2007-05-21 12:54:23 · answer #10 · answered by rick 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋