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M-1

M-1

1 7.4
A standard U.S. military rifle used by U.S. soldiers in World War II
  • noun
  • /ɛm wʌn/
translation icon : M-1
  • Before 1445, the freestanding monument stood in one of the two westernmost bays, between the first and second columns of the nave (Fig. 5, M1).
  • M-1 rifle
  • M-1 carbine
  • M-1 Garand

Examples

  • f = g(m1*m2/r2) would not be discovered and enshrined in the knowledge of humanity until much later.

    Blog text (2)
  • To accidentally be run over by an M-1 A1 Abrams tank.

    Blog text (25)
  • At 12:24 PM, the thirteen members of Troop G simultaneously turned, aimed their M-1 rifles, and opened fire on the crowd of unarmed students.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The different definitions of money—M0, M1, and so on, up to M4—are abracadabra to most people.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Look carefully, and one will see that the Marine Raiders were armed with '03 Springfields while the Marines on Guadalcanal carried M-1s and carbines.

    Blog text (11)
  • The collision problem for a function F is to find two distinct integers m0 and m1 such that F(m0) = F(m1).

    Academic text (1997)
  • The VAS ratings of the accuracy of children's speech were predicted most strongly by a spectral property of their fricatives, the first spectral moment (m1).

    Academic text (2012)
  • It seems trivial to say, but I was most pleased to see that the Marines were armed with the Garand semi-automatic rifle called the .30 caliber M-1 during most of the Pacific conflict.

    Blog text (11)
  • The soldiers were trained to operate the M-1 rifle in various combat scenarios.

  • During World War II, the M-1 Garand was the standard issue for American troops.

Synonyms

M-1 rifle
vsM-1
1 7.5

A U.S. military semiautomatic rifle used in World War II and the Korean War

is the formal designation including exact active years
Garand
vsM-1
1 9.1

A semi-automatic military rifle the U.S. used in World War II and the Korean War

is the official model name with precise service date range
Garand rifle
vsM-1
7.0

A US rifle that automatically loads the next bullet, used in World War II and the Korean War

is the wider technical label for that same service model

Surface Forms

M-1 singular
M-1s plural

Etymology

The name M-1 is a military model name. The M stands for 'Model' and the '1' shows it was the first design, so M-1 literally means 'Model 1' and is the name of the standard U.S. rifle, the M1 Garand.