M1A1
| M1A1 | Quotes |
M1A135
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| Full name | Carbine, Cal .30, M1A1 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Inland |
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| Faction | Griffin & Kryuger |
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I.O.P. |
| Voice actor | Mimori Suzuko |
| Artist | 哈路卡 |
| Released on | CN, TW, KR, EN, JP |
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How to obtainEdit
NORMALHEAVY Not craftable.
DROP Drops only from Alchemist in 6-6 and 6-4E. Can also be obtained by S-Ranking the map and by Auto-battles
REWARD Not obtained as a reward
Exclusive EquipmentEdit
There is no exclusive equipment for this T-Doll.
Union SkillEdit
There is no union skill for this T-Doll.
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Weapon BackgroundEdit
The M1 Carbine (officially designated the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1) is a .30 caliber semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and even the Vietnam War. Several variants of the M1 Carbine have been produced, the the carbine was widely used by paramilitary and police forces around the world.[1]
Prior to World War II, the U.S. Army Ordnance Department received several reports that the full-size M1 Garand rifle was too heavy and cumbersome for most support troops (staff, artillerymen, radiomen, and other typically non-combat units) to carry. During pre-war and early war field exercises, it was found that the M1 Garand impeded the mobility of these auxiliary troops, as a slung rifle would frequently catch on brush, make exiting vehicles difficult, or hit the back of the helmet and tilt it over the eyes. Many soldiers found that the rifle had a tendency to slide off the shoulder unless slung diagonally across the back, where it prevented the wearing of standard field packs and haversacks. Seeing the need for a lighter, more compact weapon to outfit these second-line troops, in 1938 the Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a "light rifle" or carbine, though the formal requirements for the weapon type were not approved until 1940.
The design of the M1 Carbine came about as the result of an unfinished design by Jonathan "Ed" Browning, brother of the famous firearm designer John Browning, and the work of David Marshall Williams. Williams had worked on a short-stroke gas piston system while serving a prison sentence at a North Carolina minimum-security work farm. After his release, Williams was hired by Winchester and was set to work on completing one of Ed Browning's designs for a .30-06 rifle. Williams incorporated his gas piston system into the design, and the prototype rifle (now referred to as the M2 rifle) was submitted to the Marine Corps for testing. After the original action from the Browning design proved unreliable, the rifle was modified to use the M1 Garand's rotating bolt and operating rod. The M2 prototype rifle was then submitted to the Ordnance Department, who were having a hard time finding suitable carbine design submissions. Major René Studler believed that the M2 rifle design could be scaled down to a carbine which would weigh 4.5 to 4.75 lbs (2.0–2.2 kg) and demanded a prototype as soon as possible. The first prototype of what would become the M1 Carbine was developed at Winchester in 13 days by William C. Roemer, Fred Humeston, and three other Winchester engineers under supervision of Edwin Pugsley, and was essentially Williams' lastest version of the .30-06 M2 scaled down to the .30 SL cartridge. This patchwork prototype was cobbled together using the trigger housing and lockwork of a Winchester M1905 rifle and a modified Garand operating rod. The prototype was an immediate hit with army observers.[2]
After the initial Army testing in August 1941, the Winchester design team set out to develop a more refined version. Williams participated in the finishing of this second prototype, which competed successfully against all of the remaining carbine candidates in September 1941. Winchester was notified of their success in these trials the following month. Adoption and standardization of the Winchester design as the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1 was approved on October 22, 1941.
Despite having a similar name and physical outward appearance, the M1 carbine is not a carbine version of the M1 Garand rifle. On July 1, 1925, the U.S. Army began using the current naming convention where the "M" is the designation for "Model" and the number represents the sequential development of equipment and weapons. Therefore, the "M1 carbine" was the first carbine developed under this system. The "M2 carbine" was the second carbine developed under the system, etc. Mechanically, the M1 Carbine is a combination of several different firearms, including the Winchester M2 Browning rifle (from which Williams' gas system was used), the Winchester Model 1905 rifle (fire control group and magazine), the M1 Garand (buttstock dimensions, bolt, and operating slide principles), and a percussion shotgun in Pugsley's collection (hook breech and barrel band assembly/disassembly).
One of the most important differences between the M1 Carbine and the Garand was the ammunition. The M1 Carbine used the US Army's .30 carbine cartridge, which was essentially a rimless version of the then-obsolete .32 Winchester Self-Loading cartridge introduced for the Winchester Model 1905 rifle. The propellant used was much newer, though, taking advantage of recent advances in chemistry. As a result, the .30 carbine cartridge is approximately 27% more powerful than its parent cartridge. A standard .30 carbine ball bullet weighs 110 grains (7.1 g), a complete loaded round weighs 195 grains (12.6 g), and has a muzzle velocity of 1,990 ft/s (610 m/s), giving it 967 ft·lbf (1,311 joules) of energy when fired from the M1 carbine's 18-inch barrel. In comparison, the .30-06 Springfield ball rounds used by the M1 Garand are almost three times more powerful than the .30 carbine, while the .30 carbine round was twice as powerful as the .45 ACP rounds that the Thompson submachine gun used. As a result, the carbine offered much better range, accuracy, and penetration. The M1 is also half the weight of the Thompson, and fires a smaller, lighter cartridge. Therefore, soldiers armed with the carbine can carry much more ammunition than those armed with a Thompson. One characteristic of .30 caliber carbine ammunition is that from the beginning of production, non-corrosive primers were specified. This was the first major use of this type of primer in a military firearm. Because the rifle had a closed gas system not normally disassembled in the field, corrosive primers would have led to a rapid deterioration of the function of the gas system. The use of non-corrosive primers was a novelty in service ammunition at this time. Some failures to fire were reported in early lots of .30 caliber carbine ammunition, attributed to moisture ingress of the non-corrosive primer compound.
The M1 carbine entered service with a standard straight 15-round box magazine. The introduction of the select-fire M2 carbine in October 1944 also brought into service the curved 30-round magazine or "Banana Clip". After WW2, the 30-round magazine quickly became the standard magazine for both the M1 and M2 carbines, although the 15-round magazine remained in service until the end of the Vietnam War. Perhaps the most common accessory used on the M1 carbine was a standard magazine belt pouch that was slid over the stock, which held two extra 15-round magazines. This field adaptation was never officially approved, but proved an efficient method to supply extra ammunition in combat. After the introduction of the 30-round magazine, it was common for troops to tape two 30-round magazines together, a practice that became known as "Jungle style". This led the military to introduce the "Holder, Magazine, T3-A1" also called the "Jungle Clip", a metal clamp that held two magazines together without the need for tape. The 30-round magazines introduced for use with the selective-fire M2 carbine would not be reliably retained by the magazine catch made for the original M1 carbine which was designed to retain a 15-round magazine, so the much heavier 30-round magazine would not be properly seated in the M1 carbine magazine well. The loaded 30-round magazine would typically slant (impairing feed reliability) or even fall out, which contributed to the poor reliability record of the 30-round magazines. Because of their thin steel construction, they were also more prone to damage due to their added length and weight when loaded. In response to these issues, early production M1 carbines had to be fitted with the type IV magazine catch used on the M2 carbine (and late production M1 carbines) if they were to be used with 30-round magazines in order to ensure reliable loading and feeding. The type IV magazine catch will have a leg on the left side to correspond with the additional nub on the 30-round magazines.
Originally the M1 carbine did not have a bayonet lug, but personnel equipped with it were often issued with an M3 fighting knife. Due to requests from the field, the carbine was modified to incorporate a bayonet lug attached to the barrel band starting in 1945. However, very few carbines with bayonet lugs reached the front lines before the end of World War II. After the war, the bayonet lug was added to many M1 carbines during the arsenal refurbishing process. By the start of the Korean War, the bayonet lug-equipped M1 was standard issue. It is now rare to find an original M1 carbine without the bayonet lug. The M1 carbine mounts the M4 bayonet, which was based on the earlier M3 fighting knife and formed the basis for the later M5, M6 and M7 bayonet-knives.
The version of the M1 Carbine used in GFL is the M1A1. This variant was developed after a request for a compact and light infantry arm for airborne troops, and features a folding metal stock. M1A1s were produced primarily by the Inland division of General Motors, and were made side by side with full stock M1s. Sometimes, these stocks would be replaced, making it hard to find an original M1A1 with the folding stock. This variant came standard with 15 round magazines, and was sometimes fielded with a vertical wooden foregrip.
The M1 carbine with its reduced-power .30 cartridge was not originally intended to serve as a primary weapon for combat infantrymen, nor was it comparable to more powerful assault rifles developed late in the war. However, it was markedly superior to the .45 caliber submachineguns in use at the time in both accuracy and penetration, and its lighter .30 caliber cartridge allowed soldiers to carry more ammunition. As a result, the carbine was soon widely issued to infantry officers, American paratroopers, non-commissioned officers, ammunition bearers, forward artillery observers, and other frontline troops. The first M1 carbines were delivered in mid-1942, with initial priority given to troops in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). The M1 carbine gained generally high praise for its small size, light weight, and great firepower, especially by those troops who were unable to use a full-size rifle as their primary weapon. However, its reputation in front-line combat was mixed, and negative reports began to surface during airborne operations in Sicily in 1943. In the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, soldiers and guerrilla forces operating in heavy jungle with only occasional enemy contact again praised the carbine for its small size, light weight, and firepower. However, soldiers and Marines engaged in frequent daily firefights (particularly those serving in the Philippines) found the weapon to have insufficient penetration and stopping power. After World War II, the M1 and M2 carbines were widely exported to U.S. allies and client states, where they served as frontline weapons well into the Vietnam War era. By the Korean War, the select fire M2 carbine had largely replaced the submachine-gun in U.S. service, and was the most widely used carbine variant (although semi-auto M1s were still used). The M1 and M2 carbines were again issued to U.S. forces in Vietnam beginning in 1956, and the carbine continues to be used by military, police, and security forces around the world to this day.
A total of over 6.1 million M1 carbines of various models were manufactured, making it the most produced small arm for the American military during World War II (compared with about 5.4 million M1 rifles and about 1.3 million Thompson submachine guns). Despite being designed by Winchester, the great majority of these were made by other companies, with the largest producer being the Inland division of General Motors. Other companies responsible for producing the M1 Carbine included IBM, the Underwood Typewriter Company, and Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation. The M1 carbine was also one of the most cost effective weapons used by the United States military during World War II. At the beginning of World War II the average production cost for an M1 carbine was approximately $45, about half the cost of an M1 rifle at approximately $85 and about a fifth of the cost of a Thompson submachine gun at approximately $225. The .30 Caliber carbine ammunition was also far cheaper to produce than the standard .30-06 ammunition; used fewer resources, was smaller, lighter, faster and easier to make. These were major factors in the United States military decision to adopt the M1 carbine, especially when considering the vast numbers of weapons and ammunition manufactured and transported by the United States during World War II.
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Trivia
- The M1A1 has an infamously bad reputation, much like the L85 and early production models of the M16. During the invasion of Sicily, the weapon got a reputation for being extremely finicky and prone to jamming and misfiring. In one famous anecdote, Colonel James M. Gavin later traded his M1A1 to a wounded Army grunt for an M1 Garand, such were his problems with the weapon. If anything, the weapon's problems became more apparent during the Korean War, when the M1A1's existing reliability problems caused the whole weapon to be called into question and a full investigation was launched.
- Interestingly, just like the L85 and M16, the bulk of the M1A1's problems were found to come from manufacturing defects and improper maintenance procedures rather than deficiencies in the design itself. Later production runs of the M1A1 featured better return springs and lubricants that were less prone to fouling and freezing. The magazines for the M1A1 were also redesigned.
- Many problems were also found in the weapon's ammunition. Korean War veterans became infamous for the claims that the M1A1's .30 carbine round could not penetrate the winter coats worn by Chinese soldiers, and similar claims during the Vietnam War claimed that the round was incapable of penetrating a human skull. Both claims were untrue, but there was a nugget of truth to both: the M1A1's .30 caliber round was especially prone to misfiring and poorly firing, resulting in less-than-optimal performance. As was the case with most of the M1A1's problems, and later on the M16's problems with performance, the bulk were later found to be the result of manufacturing defects.
- While later model M1A1s purportedly had satisfactory performance, the horrendous reputation of the weapon lives on to this very day, the same way it does for the L85.
- M1A1 is Garand's little sister, sharing a similar relationship with her that MG42 has with MG34.
- Humorously, M1A1 shares the same artist as Garand as well.
- Appropriately, as she is Garand's sister, she shares numerous tastes in clothing, including a beret, pleated skirt, and open jacket with blouse and a tie.