First successful semi-automatic rifle adopted as a primary service rifle by a major military power.
Notable work
United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 (M1 Garand)
Spouse
Nellie Bruce Shepard
(m. 1930)
Children
3
Awards
Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 1941 Medal for Merit in 1944
Jean Cantius Garand (/ˈɡærənd/; January 1, 1888 – February 16, 1974), also known as John C. Garand, was a Canadian-American designer of firearms who created the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle that was widely used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean War.
Jean Cantius Garand (/ˈɡærənd/; January 1, 1888 – February 16, 1974), also known as John C. Garand, was a Canadian-American designer of firearms who created...
Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, JohnGarand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States...
The Garand carbine was JohnGarand's entry during the Light Rifle program that produced the M1 Carbine. The weapon was chambered in the .30 Carbine round...
the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1957, replacing the M1 Garand rifle in service with the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps by...
World War II. The M1941 unsuccessfully competed with the contemporary M1 Garand rifle but was used in limited numbers by the US Marines during the Second...
and Garand rifles was conducted in it. President George Washington appointed David Ames as first superintendent of the armory. His father Capt. John Ames...
Model 45A bullpup, which never progressed beyond the prototype stage; JohnGarand designed his T31 bullpup, abandoned after his retirement in 1953. After...
most likely candidate for standardization and adoption, the .30 caliber M1 Garand was chosen instead. The U.S. Army had shown interest in the idea of self-loading...
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Little Mother of Colored Drama" JohnGarand, 86, Canadian-born American firearms designer who invented the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle Alfred Mazure...
longarm. Pedersen later worked for the US Army and provided competition to JohnGarand building an autoloading rifle to fire a full-power rifle cartridge. His...
Dylan Garand (born June 7, 2002) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect...
cartridge in 1845. JohnGarand (January 1, 1888 – February 16, 1974), Canadian-American firearms designer, inventor of the M1 Garand. Richard Jordan Gatling...
to end the war. Other technologies, such as the M4 Sherman tank, the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine, and the gas mask, were refinements on previously existing...
Hatcher suggested that JohnGarand (of the M-1 Garand rifle fame) would be suitable for the job. However, when contacted Garand expressed disinterest in...
Winchester hoped the Browning design might replace the M1 rifle invented by JohnGarand. One of the problems encountered was the gas system that operated the...
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the American M1 Garand with an integral 10-round magazine and chambered for the Japanese 7.7×58mm Arisaka cartridge. Where the Garand used an 8-round...
manufacture the guns ordered. During those years, Rafael became friends with JohnGarand and Capt. Melvin Johnson--both noted firearm designers in their own right...
College Football National Championship January 1 – JohnGarand, inventor and designer of the M1 Garand (died 1974) January 16 – Robert Henry English, admiral...
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