Ww1 Carbine Vs Garand Case Study

The rifle was invented in late industrial age because in the early industrial age, soldiers fought on horse or foot with a weapon called a muzzle-loading musket which was a single firing gun with a very slow rate of fire

The M1's early performance problems gave it such a bad reputation that after the 1939 National Matches, the National Rifle Association was able to get Congress to look at the problem. A major redesign was ordered on October 26, 1939 and Garand redesigned the rifle to operate with gases tapped from a gas

Of course, the WW1 machine gun was primarily used as a defensive weapon and, even in 1914, was extremely effective when used against charging soldiers. However, by 1915 they were light enough to be mounted onto the front of aeroplanes for

On the one hand, machine guns could be said to be significant because of the extra fire power they provided on a battlefield. It has been estimated that a machine gun creates the equivalent to anywhere between 60 to 100 rifles, depending on the source, in one weapon. This gave an army defending a position a huge advantage over the attacking side and almost certainly prolonged the stalemate as breaking enemy lines became so difficult as reaching the enemy trench was a near impossible thing to do with the machine gun firing at the advancing infantry. It has been estimated that around 20% of the casualties of world war 1 were caused by the machine gun. This figure is very high considering all the possible causes of death in the battlefields of WW1. What also made the machine gun of WW1 significant was how it affected the future. These early models were the basis of a weapon used in all areas of the world ever since these first guns were used in WW1.

In wars prior to the Civil War, soldiers wielded weapons such as the musket which shot only one bullet at a time. Though these types of weaponry could shoot as far as 250 yards, they were inconvenient and wasted time. To even aim at the target accurately one had to be 80 yards away. Similarly to muskets, rifles were inconvenient because they took a while to reload because the bullet was almost the same size of the barrel and again, wasted time. Bullets with a pointed tip were created in 1848 by Claude Minie. Because the diameter of the bullets were smaller than the barrel, soldiers could put them into the gun quicker and more effectively. With Minie’s bullets, rifles were simpler to reload but still had to be reloaded with one bullet at a time. That unprotected gap of time made soldiers more vulnerable so in 1849 a repeating rifle called the Volitional Repeater was patented by Walter Hunt. They were popularized in 1863 during the Civil War. By this time many models were being sold but the most common one was the Spencer Carbine which could shoot seven bullets in just 30 seconds. These, like most Civil War era weapons, were produced and used by the North, but not

It was like the modern day machine gun. As one Historian quoted “But Gatling soon improved on the original six-barrel, .58 caliber version of the gun, which fired 350 rounds a minute.” The gun was easily the most powerful gun during this time. It also didn't have to be reloaded as often so it helped the gun fire faster and also had less bugs in the machine. The only downfall to this weapon was that it was extremely expensive to make and is why the Union mainly used the Gatling gun.

The most common rifle that was used in the revolutionary war is the smoothbore flintlock musket with a attached bayonet. The rifle was a huge part in the American Revolution because it could hit someone from a long range unlike your fist.The armies used something called a paper cartridge to speed the reloading process and it lower the chance of losing gunpowder. In order to reload the weapon you must use black gunpowder.Most rifle can shoot up to or higher than 75 miles per hour (mph).

In the early 1900s there was not very much technology behind weaponry and transportation to help the soldiers fight. A typical soldier would have been issued a standard rifle called the Krag Jorgensen M1896 Carbine.

Another very powerful gun that was used in World War II was the Submarine guns. The submarine guns are much stronger and better than normal guns due to the fact that they have better firing distances (Military History 7). The submarine gun was built mainly for endurance and for accuracy. This gun had the accuracy to fire from 800 to at least 1,000 yards away and delivers a powerful blow to its victims. One problem which the gun had was the fact that it could dislocate a soldiers arm whenever it was fired. But finally the submarine gun was improved and is now less powerful which makes it easier for firing full automatic rounds along with pistol rounds (8).

-the springfield rifle was one of the most popular rifles in the civil war on both the North and the South

enough to accept federally produced ammunition. “ In all more than four hundred and thirty-six thousand of the Enfield pattern were purchased by the United States government during the war” (Davis 59). Those purchased came in two different forms machine made and handmade models coming mostly from Birmingham and London. The effect of this production on English gun makers was an expansion of wages twenty pounds became the common wage per week increasing from three prior to the war. “ In some instances barrel makers had earned as much as fifty pounds in a single week” ( Edwards 247).

This would accept either 20- or 30-round stick magazines. Early war (M1928) Thompsons also accepted 50, 100, or 200 round drum magazines. Each squad was also to have a BAR (Browning automatic rifle). This weapon was big but was a fully automatic weapon that could lay down suppressive fire. It had some serious stopping power. In addition to this, there was the flame thrower, which saw more action in the Pacific theater. Hand grenades were another weapon issued to combat troops. Also when assaulting bunkers or other fixed emplacements, they would satchel charges .30 and .50 caliber MG teams (2-3 men: 1 firer, 1-2 loaders/carriers) might be attached to rifle platoons as needed, along with the mortar teams.

A bigger howitzer was ought to be better than the smaller 9.2-inch howitzer since it was supersized. This was not the case, although it done its job of destroying deep enemy fortifications and had more explosive shells, the labor and time it took was not worth it. Thus, only twelve 15-inch howitzer was made and not mass produced. The size of the 15-inch howitzer made it difficult to transport and emplace, it weighed over 94 tons and took lots of labor to transport the pieces. This relates to advancing technology by developing the 9.2-inch howitzer into the 15-inch howitzer, the British thought it could be impactful in the battlefield, unfortunately the cons weighed the pros. British adapted to the fact to technology that could have a bigger impact or benefits outweighing the cons would be mass produced. Even though the 15-inch howitzer was bigger and had more powerful explosive shells, the 9.2 inch howitzer were to be better use mass

Although the M-16 was very easy to use in the field, some of the U.S. Armies Special Forces used a gun very similar to the M-16. The XM-177E2 or more commonly the "colt commando" or the CAR-15, had telescoping stock for easy handling and could be used more like an SMG instead of an assault rifle which made the CAR-15 a great choice for combat situations where fighting would be extremely close. Although it was popular with Special Forces the CAR-15 saw very limited use with normal battalion units.

8 million of these have been made which is a relatively small number when compared with the AK-47s 100 million (Phillip Killicoat, 2006). From 1955 or the Vietnam War the closest thing to competition was the M16. But was dominated by the AK-47 due to the reliability of the AK and the ease of production verses the clinical M16 with jammed repeatedly, causing stoppages and therefore the ability not to fire.