M1 Garand displayed with en bloc clip at U.S. servicemen, deemed either pronunciation valid. Department of Defense, gives the pronunciation as / ɡ ə ˈ r æ n d/, saying "popular usage has placed the accent on the second syllable, so that the rifle has become the 'guh-RAND.'" American Rifleman magazine, while acknowledging / ɡ ə ˈ r æ n d/ as the pronunciation favored by U.S. However, a 1952 issue of Armed Forces Talk, a periodical published by the U.S. Some, such as General Julian Hatcher's The Book of the Garand (1948), give / ˈ ɡ ær ən d/, identical to the pronunciation of John Garand's surname. Sources differ on the pronunciation of the M1 Garand. The M1 replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the U.S.' service rifle in 1936, and was itself replaced by the selective-fire M14 rifle on March 26, 1958. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised".
By most accounts, the M1 rifle performed well.
It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. 30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The M1 Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S.
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