The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The M1 carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used ...
In Vietnam in 1965 a Navy Officer gave me an M-2 carbine with 3 30 round magazines of tracer ammunitionI made a homemade ammo pouch for 2 magazines and carried one in theb gun I fired one round into a flak vest and the bullet spun around on the floor sone time later I fired a ...