US Army M1 Garand Rifle Maintenance Manual. – Airborne – Ranger – about 500 pages. – 1951

Rare U.S.A official army manual related to SPECIFICALLY the infamous M1 Garand Rifle. Over 500!!! pages of very interesting information and abundant photo's and plates; maintenance, use, ammunition, parts, draWings and many photo's. The manual is an edition from 1951 but deals with the WW2 models only, as they did not change over time. In nicely used condition, see photo's. The sunlight make some pages look yellow but they are certainly not in real life. Great rare item and highly illustrative for your WW2 usa collection, you dont find this manual easily! The M1 Garand or M1 Rifle[nb 1] is a .30-06 caliber semi-automatic battle rifle that was the standard U.S. service rifle during World War II and the Korean War and also saw limited service during the Vietnam War. Most M1 rifles were issued to U.S. forces, though many hundreds of thousands were also provided as foreign aid to American allies. The Garand is still used by drill teams and military honor guards. It is also widely used by civilians for hunting, target shooting, and as a military collectible.The M1 rifle was named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue semi-automatic military rifle.[11] By most... lees verder bij Catawiki