October, 2024

Type 97

Japanese Empire
Second World War
Made by Kokura in c.1939
6.5x50mm

World War II, United States of America, Short Rifles, Semi-Automatic, .30-06, 1943, Springfield Armory, Garand Pattern Rifle, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske World War II, United States of America, Short Rifles, Semi-Automatic, .30-06, 1943, Springfield Armory, Garand Pattern Rifle, WWII Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske

M1 Garand

The iconic standard issue rifle of the United States during the Second World War, famously deemed by no less a figure than General George Patton as “The Greatest Implement of Battle Ever Devised”.

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