M1 Carbine

World War II Era M1 Carbine, with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - .30 Carbine - correct for most of WWII, shown with khaki sling and oiler and a period twin magazine pouch for buttstock

Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine. Most of the World War II variations of the M1 Carbine were sent back to the Military Arsenals and retrofitted with the Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight. This is the version seen after late 1945 and all the way until the 1960s. This version is seen most often in World War II movies, despite being anachronistic for most World War II battles

Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with M4 bayonet and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine

The Modern Manufactured version of the M1 Carbine, with standard stock, from Auto-Ordnance (affiliated with Kahr Arms and Thomson Arms) - .30 Carbine

The M1 Carbine was a lightweight, intermediate cartridge firearm, developed and adopted in 1941, as a supplement to the then standard Issue M1 Garand. The M1 Carbine was to take the place of pistols for vehicle drivers, members of crew served weapons, NCOs and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. Despite its lack of 'knockdown' power, it was popular, primarily due to its handiness and lightweight and was seen in front line usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II.

Contrary to what movie and TV viewers see, the M1 Carbine did not have a bayonet lug during World War II. There is no photographic evidence of any soldiers carrying or using the M1 Carbine or M1A1 paratrooper Carbine between 1942 and early 1945, with a bayonet lug. The version with the bayonet lug, and the replacement of the "L" peep sight with the adjustable windage rear sight was an undesignated upgrade to the model and was not given a separate model number. This upgrade officially started in late 1944, but were only seen in the field in late 1945, in the very last months of the war. Occupation troops did, however, get this version of the gun. The upgraded version was used extensively during the Korean conflict and into the early years of Vietnam. The M1 carbine could still be found in US National Guard, Army or Air Force reserve unit armories on into the early 1970s, in addition it was a common police weapon from the mid 1950s into the late 1970s. Surplus M1 Carbines were widely exported to US allies, and it remains a popular weapon among Israeli police to this day.

Specifications

(1941 - Present)

• Type: Carbine

• Caliber: .30 Carbine

• Weight: 5.2 lbs (2.4 kg)

• Length: 35.4 in (90 cm)

• Barrel length: 18 in (45.7 cm)

• Feed System: 15 or 30-round detachable box magazine

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (M1), Semi-Auto/Full-Auto (M2, M3)

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The M1 Carbine and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

M1/M1A1 Carbine

M1 Carbine (Post-War) - .30 Carbine

M1 Carbine with heat shield and 20 round magazine - .30 Carbine

Post-war M1 Carbine with 30 round magazine and metal barrel shroud - .30 Carbine

M1A1 Carbine with original L style rear sights, and side-folding stock, often referred to as the 'Paratrooper' carbine - .30 Carbine.

M1 Carbine in Universal folding stock - .30 Carbine

M1 Carbine manufactured by Plainfield, with pistol-grip, post-WWII paratrooper stock and vertical foregrip - .30 Carbine.

Short-barrel M1 Carbine with pistol grip, retractable wire stock and forward pistol grip - .30 Carbine

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Machete Kills			On gun wall	2013
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed		US Army soldiers		2012
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed	Corbin Allred	T-5 Rossi	M1A1 Carbine	2012
Memorial Day		US Army Soldiers	With anachronistic bayonet lugs, with and without folding stock	2011
My Way		US Army Soldiers	w/ anachronistic bayonet lugs	2011
My Best Enemy		Corporal of MP guards		2011
The Heineken Kidnapping		Dutch SWAT team	WWII era model	2011
The Heineken Kidnapping		Dutch SWAT team	paratrooper stock and customized grips	2011
The Front Line (2011)		South Korean Army		2011
Death and Glory in Changde	Ray Lui	Lt. Gen. Yu Chengwan		2010
Death and Glory in Changde	Fan Lei	Col. Chang Ruan		2010
Death and Glory in Changde		Chinese officers		2010
71: Into the Fire	Seung-woo Kim	Kang Suk-Dae	with 30-round magazine	2010
71: Into the Fire		US Army soldiers	w/ 30-round magazine	2010
71: Into the Fire		South Korean soldiers	w/ 30-round magazine	2010
New Kids Turbo		Dutch police sniper		2010
Red and White (Merah Putih)		Dutch soldier	Korean War Era model	2009
Spoils of War	Krash Miller	Sgt. Miller		2009
Inglorious Basterds		American Soldiers		2009
Black Dynamite		Militant		2009
Che Part Two: Guerrilla	Franka Potente	Tamara "Tania" Bunke		2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Harrison Ford	Indiana Jones		2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		Soviet soldiers		2008
Miracle at St. Anna	Douglas M. Griffin	MP Freddy Naughton	with anachronistic bayonet lugs and 30-round magazine	2008
Miracle at St. Anna		Military Policemen	with anachronistic bayonet lugs and 30-round magazine	2008
Warbirds	Brian Krause	Colonel Jack Toller		2008
Warbirds	Caleb Michaelson	Sergeant John Lee		2008
Warbirds	Jon McCarthy	Sergeant Murphy		2008
Intimate Enemies		Fellaghas	M1A1	2007
Desperation	Steven Weber	Steve Ames		2006
Flags of our Fathers	Adam Beach	PFC Ira Hayes		2006
Flags of our Fathers	Barry Pepper	Sgt. Mike Strank		2006
Flags of our Fathers		U.S. Marines		2006
Land of the Dead	Robert Joy	Charlie		2005
The Lost City	Nestor Carbonell	Luis Fellove		2005
The Lost City		Cuban rebels, police, army		2005
Coronado	Kristin Dattilo	Claire Winslow		2003
Coronado		Numerous rebels		2003
We Were Soldiers		Vietnamese ARVN interpreter		2002
In China They Eat Dogs		A gangster		1999
Saving Private Ryan	Tom Sizemore	Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath	Fitted with a buttstock magazine pouch	1998
Saving Private Ryan		Members of the 101st Airborne Division, other Airborne paratroopers	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1998
The Thin Red Line	John Cusack	Captain Gaff		1998
The Thin Red Line	Elias Koteas	Captain Staros		1998
The Thin Red Line	Woody Harrelson	Sgt. Keck		1998
The Thin Red Line	Jared Leto	2nd Lt. Whyte		1998
The Thin Red Line	John Savage	Sgt. McCron		1998
The Postman	Kevin Costner	The Postman		1997
Heaven's Burning		STAR team member		1997
Mulholland Falls		US Army soldiers		1996
Ed Wood	Brent Hinkley	Conrad Brooks	prop	1994
A Midnight Clear	Kevin Dillon	Mel Avakian		1992
Pink Cadillac	Clint Eastwood	Tommy Nowak		1989
Good Morning Vietnam		American troops		1987
Ishtar	Dustin Hoffman	Chuck Clarke		1987
Nadine	Jeff Bridges	Vernon Hightower		1987
Nadine	Rip Torn	Buford Pope		1987
Nadine	Gary Grubbs	Cecil		1987
Nadine	Mickey Jones	Floyd		1987
F/X		Assassin		1986
Thirteen at Dinner		Actor portraying assassins	scope, suppressor, custom stock	1985
Under Fire		FSLN rebels		1983
Thief		Mobster		1981
Green Ice		Colombian guerillas		1981
Brubaker				1980
...And Justice For All		Police officers		1979
Midnight Express		Turkish police		1978
Go Tell the Spartans		South Vietnamese troops		1978
Go Tell the Spartans	Marc Singer	CPT Alfred Olivetti		1978
Go Tell the Spartans	Craig Wasson	CPL Courcey		1978
Go Tell the Spartans	Jonathan Goldsmith	1SG Oleonowski		1978
Go Tell the Spartans	Evan C. Kim	Cowboy		1978
Black Sunday		Terrorists, police officers and Israeli commandos		1977
Police Python 357		French criminals		1976
Dog Day Afternoon	Al Pacino	Sonny		1975
The French Detective (Adieu, poulet)	Jacques Rispal	Mercier	30-round magazine	1975
Jaws		Carried by man patrolling waters		1975
The Deadly Tower	Kurt Russell	Charles Whitman		1975
Savage Sisters	Cheri Caffaro	Jo Turner	w/ 30-round magazine	1974
Savage Sisters	John Ashley	W. P. Billingsley	w/ 30-round magazine	1974
Savage Sisters		Philippine soldiers, guerrillas	w/ 30-round magazine	1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	George Kennedy	Red Leary		1974
The Terrorists		Various police and military personnel		1974
Charley Varrick		Police officers		1973
Scorpio	Alain Delon	Jean Laurier a.k.a. "Scorpio"		1973
The Crazies (1973)		U.S. National guard		1973
Hickey & Boggs		Black revolutionaries		1972
The Omega Man		Seen in Neville's gun rack	Post WW2 version	1971
Cotton Comes to Harlem		Robbers	M1A1 Carbine	1970
Mr. Freedom		Various		1969
The Bridge at Remagen	George Segal	Lt. Phil Hartman		1969
The Bridge at Remagen	Paul Prokop	Captain John Colt		1969
Planet of the Apes	Charlton Heston	Commander Taylor	Visually modified	1968
Planet of the Apes		Apes	Visually modified	1968
Targets	Tim O'Kelly	Bobby Thompson		1968
The Green Berets	David Janssen	George Beckworth		1968
The Green Berets	George Takei	Captain Nim		1968
The Green Berets		U.S. Navy Seabees, ARVN soldiers and Viet Cong		1968
The Sergeant	Rod Steiger	MSgt. Albert Callan		1968
The Last Adventure	Hans Meyer	The Mercenary		1967
The Last Adventure	Lino Ventura	Roland Darbont		1967
The Last Adventure		The henchman		1967
The Battle of Algiers		French soldiers		1966
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters		US Navy personnel		1966
The 317th Platoon	Jacques Perrin	2nd Lt. Torrens		1965
Alphaville		French security force		1965
None But the Brave	Tommy Sands	2nd Lt. Blair		1965
None But the Brave	Clint Walker	Capt. Dennis Bourke		1965
Dr. Strangelove	Keenan Wynn	Col."Bat"Guano		1964
Goldfinger		U.S. Army soldiers		1964
The Manchurian Candidate	Frank Sinatra	Capt. Marco		1962
Hell Is for Heroes		U.S. Army soldiers		1962
Merrill's Marauders	Jeff Chandler	General Merrill		1962
The Longest Day		French Resistance and US Forces		1962
The Longest Day	Roddy McDowall	Private Morris		1962
Hell to Eternity	.	US Marines	anachronistic	1960
Pork Chop Hill	Cliff Ketchum	Cpl. Payne		1959
Pork Chop Hill	Gregory Peck	Lt. Joe Clemons		1959
Pork Chop Hill	Norman Fell	S/Sgt. Coleman		1959
Pork Chop Hill		U.S. Army soldiers		1959
Never So Few	Frank Sinatra	Cpt. Tom Reynolds		1959
Never So Few		Burmese soldiers		1959
The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor)		French foreign legionaries		1958
The Young Lions		U.S. Army soldiers		1958
When Hell Broke Loose		Extras		1958
20 Million Miles to Earth	William Hopper	Col. Robert Calder	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1957
20 Million Miles to Earth		Used by Sicilian police officers	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	1957
China Gate	James Hong	Charlie		1957
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers	Donald Curtis	Maj. Huglin		1956
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers		Used by U.S. Air Force soldiers		1956
To Hell and Back	Audie Murphy	Himself		1955
The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Earl Holliman	Nestor Gamidge		1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Mickey Rooney	CWO Mike Forney		1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri	William Holden	Lt. Harry Brubaker		1954
War of the Worlds, The (1953)		War of the Worlds, The (1953)		1953
Battle Circus	Humphrey Bogart	Maj. Jed Webbe		1953
	Keenan Wynn	Sgt. Orvil Statt
	Steve Forrest	U.S. Army Sergeant
	Robert Keith	Lt. Col. Hilary Walters
	U.S. Army soldiers
Carbine Williams	James Stewart	David "Carbine" Williams		1952
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)		U.S. Army soldiers		1951
Go for Broke!	Van Johnson	2LT Michael Grayson		1951
Go for Broke!	Henry Oyasato	2LT Ohhara		1951
Go for Broke!	Dan Riss	Captain Solari		1951
Halls of Montezuma	Richard Widmark	Lt. Anderson	with anachronistic bayonet lug	1951
Halls of Montezuma	Reginald Gardner	Sgt. Johnson	with anachronistic bayonet lug	1951
Halls of Montezuma		US Marines	with anachronistic bayonet lug	1951
When Worlds Collide				1951
The Steel Helmet		U.S. Army soldiers	World War II model	1951
Battleground		U.S. Army Airborne Paratroopers		1949
A Walk In The Sun		U.S Bazooka Team		1945
The Story of G.I. Joe		U.S. Soldiers		1945
Gung Ho!		Marine Raider		1943

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
Top Shot - Season 4	Various	Various	"Sweating Bullets" (S4E1)	2012
Jon Benjamin Has a Van		Gangsters	"Little Little Italy" (S01E02)	2011
The Pacific	Dwight Braswell	PFC Steve Evanson		2010
The Pacific	Jon Seda	Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone		2010
The Pacific	Joseph Mazzello	Eugene Sledge		2010
The Pacific	Leon Ford	1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones		2010
The Pacific	Martin McCann	R.V. Burgin		2010
The Pacific	Martin McCann	Pvt. Hamm		2010
The Pacific	Rami Malek	Meriell 'Snafu' Shelton		2010
The Pacific	Scott Gibson	Capt. Andrew Haldane		2010
Tankboy	Charles Knight aka Tankboy	U.S. Ranger during WW2 Op		2009
Weaponology		101st Airborne troops, French troops		2007-2008
Jericho (TV series)	Gerald McRaney	Johnston Green		2006-2008
Jericho (TV series)	Skeet Ulrich	Jake Green		2006-2008
Lost	Alexandra Krosney	young Ellie		2004-2010
Lost	Elizabeth Mitchell	Juliet Burke		2004-2010
Lost	Henry Ian Cusick	Desmond Hume		2004-2010
Lost	William Mapother	Ethan Rom		2004-2010
Lost		Various "Others"		2004-2010
Firefly		various extras	"Heart of Gold" (S01E13)	2003
Mail Call		Re-enactors	M1 and M1A1 variant	2002-
Band of Brothers	Colin Hanks	Lt. Henry Jones	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Donnie Wahlberg	Carwood Lipton	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Scott Grimes	Sgt. Donald Malarkey	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Richard Speight, Jr.	Sgt. Warren "Skip" Muck	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Rick Gomez	Sgt. George Luz	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers	Ron Livingston	Capt. Lewis Nixon	M1A1 Carbine with collapsible buttstock and handgrip	2001
Band of Brothers		U.S. Army soldiers	With and without folding stocks	2001
Crime Story	Dennis Farina	Lt. Torello		1986-1988
Police Story		assassin	"Chief"(SO1E21)	1973-1977
The Equalizer	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	Pilot	1985-1989
Dempsey and Makepeace	Michael Brandon	Lt. Dempsey	"Make Peace, Not War", (S01E07)	1985
Dempsey and Makepeace	Catriona MacColl	Angie Hughes	"Hors De Combat" (S01E05)	1986
Dempsey and Makepeace		Police snipers		1985-1986
S.W.A.T.	Geoffrey Lewis	Jack Bonelli		1975-1976
M*A*S*H (TV Series)		Various characters on guard duty and some patients		1972-1983
Hawaii Five-O	Jay J. Armes	Stoner	Fitted with a scope, wire stock and forward pistol grip. Season 6 Episode: "Hookman"	1968-1980
Hawaii Five-O	Jack Lord	Steve McGarrett	Season 2 Episode: "Savage Sunday"	1968-1980
Mission: Impossible	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	"Memory" (S01E02)	1966
Mission: Impossible	Gene LeBell	Sudow	"A Spool There Was" (S01E09)	1966
Mission: Impossible	Barry Cahill	guard	"Carriers" (S01E10)	1966
Mission: Impossible		guards/henchmen		1966-1967
Mission: Impossible		guards/henchmen		1967-1968
Hogan's Heroes	Felice Orlandi	Maurice Dubois		1965-1971
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	.	THRUSH agents	A modified M1 with an infrared sniper scope, rather than an M3	1964-1968
Combat!	Rick Jason	Lt. Hanley		1962-1967

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway			M1A1 with folding stock	2008
Call of Duty: World at War			Original M1 carbine, referred to as M1A1 variant	2008
Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts				2008
Forgotten Hope 2			M1 Carbine and M1A1 with folding stock	2005
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood			M1A1 with folding stock	2005
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30			M1A1 with folding stock	2005
Call of Duty (2003)			M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight	2003
Call of Duty 2			Original M1, referred to as M1A1	2005
Call of Duty: Big Red One				2005
Call of Duty: United Offensive			M1A1 with folding stock, anachronistic adjustable rear sight	2004
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45				2006
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault				2004
Silent Storm				2003
Vietcong				2003
7554				2011
Forgotten Hope			M1 and M1A1 Carbine	2003
Hidden & Dangerous 2				2003
Karma Online				2011
Project Reality: Normandy			With anachronistic adjustable rear sight	2013

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Orguss 02	Rivellian soldiers		1993

Animation

Title	Character	Note	Date
The Iron Giant	U.S. Army soldiers		1999

M2 Carbine

M2 Carbine - .30 Carbine

An M2 Carbine select Fire carbine - .30 carbine

The M2 Carbine was a select fire upgrade of the M1 Carbine that was developed in late 1944/early 1945. No examples of the M2 Carbine were issued before the surrender of Nazi Germany, however, there were some field conversion kits for altering M1 Carbines sent to units for field testing before the end of the war. Though not impossible, it would be very rare to see an M2 in any sort of action prior to Germany's surrender (however they do show up in late war Combat photographs in the South Pacific). The M2s were common among the occupation forces and U.S. Forces in Korea (1950-1953). M2 Carbine along with the M1 Carbine were used by the Army of The Republic of Vietnam as well as the Vietnamese police. US Army soldiers and Marines also used solely the M2 Carbine in extremely small numbers. A small number of M1 and M2 Carbines were captured by the National Liberation Front, also known as the Vietcong who used them against anti-communist forces.

Note: Just because an M1 Carbine is seen with a 30 round magazine, it doesn't automatically make it an M2 carbine. In Movie Armories and in real life, there were many more M1 Carbines built than M2s and many forces still used the M1 Carbine all around the world, as well as law enforcement into the 1970s. There must be a visible selector switch or the weapon must be seen firing fully automatic to declare it to be an M2 Carbine.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Oba: The Last Samurai	Sean McGowan	Captain Lewis	Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines	2011
Oba: The Last Samurai	James Judd	Lieutenant Lang	Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines	2011
Oba: The Last Samurai		US Marines	Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines	2011
Oba: The Last Samurai	Mao Inoue	Chieko Aono	Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines	2011
Oba: The Last Samurai		Japanese guerrillas	Anachronistic, with 15-round magazines	2011
Che	Benicio del Toro	Che Guevara		2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Harrison Ford	Indiana Jones		2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		Soviet soldiers		2008
Sweat	Hubert Saint-Macary	Grease-Monkey	Sawn-off with the metal barrel shroud	2002
Apocalypse Now		French colonists		1979
The Odd Angry Shot		Viet Cong		1979
The Eagle Has Landed	Larry Hagman	Col. Pitts		1976
The Eagle Has Landed	Treat Williams		Captain Clark	1976
The Eagle Has Landed		Various U.S. Army Rangers		1976
Hennessy		Sean Tobin, IRA hit squad		1975
Skyjacked		Soviet troops	Mocked up to resemble AK-47 rifles	1972
Murderers' Row	Dean Martin	Matt Helm		1966

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
State Border: Film 6, The			Can be seen in documentary footage	1987
Vegas (2012)	.	Kidnappers	Episode:"Solid Citizens" (S1E05)	2012-????

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Alliance of Valiant Arms			2007
Karma Online			2011

M3 Carbine

The short-lived M3 Carbine, known by many who field-tested it as "The Abomination" - .30 Carbine

The M3 Carbine in its final configuration, including backpack for the infrared sight's large 12-volt battery. - .30 Carbine

The M3 Carbine was an M2 Carbine fitted with an early night-vision scope and active infrared sight. By the end of the Korean War, a forward pistol grip had been added to aid in handling the M3's increased bulk. An external power source for the infrared sight had to be carried in a backpack.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The 'Burbs	Bruce Dern	Rumsfield		1989
The Omega Man		Seen on a chair and in a gun rack in Neville's apartment		1971

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	"Snooper Rifle"	with suppressor and infrared scope	anachronistic	2001
Stubbs the Zombie		U.S. Army snipers		2005

Iver-Johnson Enforcer Pistol

Iver-Johnson Enforcer Pistol - .30 Carbine

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Black Dynamite	Byron Minns	Bullhorn		2009
Trailer Park of Terror				2008
Stiletto				2008
Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Antonio Banderas	El Mariachi		2003
El Mariachi		Hitman		1992
Good Guys Wear Black	Chuck Norris	John T. Booker		1978
The Gauntlet		Hitman		1977
Slaughter	Don Gordon			1972

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
Dark Angel		Krit	"…And Jesus Brought a Casserole" (S1E22)	2000