M-1 rifle

British  

noun

1. Also called: Garand rifle.  a semiautomatic .30 calibre rifle: the basic infantry weapon of the US Army in World War II and the Korean War

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Example Sentences

Along with the M-1 rifle he carried across Europe, he kept a small 35-millimeter Argus C3 camera that he had bought as a teenager.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

But as a navy corpsman, Bradley would typically be armed with a sidearm, not an M-1 rifle, and he would have no need for wire cutters.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2016

During that time, the staff learned that he had his father's M-1 rifle in his apartment and asked a judge to commit him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even on his day of creation, his thick fingers were curved, as though from grasping a pick handle or an M-1 rifle.

From Time Magazine Archive

A U.S. sergeant, guarding three captured Reds, waved the barrel of his M-1 rifle at one of the prisoners, a sulky shaven-headed youth obviously not out of his teens.

From Time Magazine Archive