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Rock-Olas are some of the rarest M1 carbines.

The Remington-Keene rifle designed for the U.S. Navy was not a bad design, but it was not extraordinary either.

Although not as widely used as the M1 Garand, the Smith-Corona Model 1903A3s saw service in every theater of the war.

Although it was slick, fast and accurate, the Krag-Jorgensen was obsolete before it even went into production.

American troops defeated North Korean and Chinese troops in the Chosin Reservoir campaign.

After World War I, Thompson became very interested in, if not obsessed with, the concept of a “trench broom,” as he called it, for close-quarters fighting.

The .45-cal. M1911 and M1911A1 pistols saw widespread service in all theaters of the war and further cemented its stellar reputation as one of the finest military handguns of all time.

The U.S. Army adopted the U.S. Rifle Semiautomatic Caliber .30, M1, in 1936. It is better known as the M1 Garand.

The M1 Garand was potentially as accurate as any service rifle ever made.