![]() However, they saw wider-scale action five years later in the Korean War. Small numbers of M2s made their way to the troops in the closing engagement of World War II in the Pacific, particularly in the brutal Battle for Okinawa. Numerous kits were also issued to convert M1s to M2s. Externally, the M1 and M2 seemed almost identical, save for a fire-selector switch and a “2” etched on the latter’s receiver ring. The new weapon had a cyclic fire rate of 750 rounds per minute, and could use a new curved thirty-round magazine. ![]() In 1943, the War Office decided to produce an M2 Carbine capable of automatic fire, entailing the addition of a small number additional parts, and strengthening the butt of the gun and the magazine intake. Even the German military captured enough that they designated it the Selbstladekarabiner 455(a). An M1A1 variant with a folding metal stock was also produced for paratroopers. Marines in the Pacific, who often fought in in dense jungle terrain in which engagement ranges were short moreover, the M1’s fifteen-round box magazine proved advantageous compared to the eight-round clips used by the Garand. Many made their way from support troops and vehicle crews to grunts on the front line, some of whom preferred the lighter weapon to a service rifle. Over six million M1 Carbines were produced by nine different companies, averaging a unit cost of only $45. ![]()
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