M1 Garand

The ^🌐M1 Garand is a .30-06 caliber semi-automatic 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.

Insurgency: Sandstorm

M1 Garand
Slot	Primary
Category	Sniper rifle
Faction(s)	Insurgent Forces Marksman
Supply Points	2
Statistics
Caliber	.30-06
Fire Rate	160 rpm
Velocity	853 m/s
Penetration	430 pp
Horizontal Recoil	50
Vertical Recoil	50
Magazine Capacity	8 rounds
Reserve Ammunition	3 clips 5 (Light Carrier) 7 (Heavy Carrier)
Fire Modes	Semi-automatic
Miscellaneous
Weight	16%

The M1 Garand is a sniper rifle featured in Insurgency: Sandstorm in the Operation Cold Blood expansion pack.

The M1 Garand is a powerful sniper's implement and also a great battle rifle, picking off enemies with a big bullet and a powerful ping.

The M1 Garand is fed from an 8 round clip of America's round, the .30-06. This bullet is comparable to 7.62x39mm, but it is bigger. This means that the Garand is quite capable of one shotting enemies from quite the distance away, even through armor. The Garand also fires this round quite fast, at 853 m/s, allowing the Garand to reach further distances, having a hitscan range of 85.3m, which is a considerable range along with the other Snipers.

With the Garand's introduction during the early stages of WWII, magazines were not though up yet and most battle rifles of the time were clip fed. The Garand follows this notion, packing 8 rounds of freedom per reload. Since most enemies die in one shot, this won't be too much of a nuisance but it can be annoying facing up against magazine fed weapons with up to four times more capacity.

Another benefit that the M1 loses out on compared to magazine fed weapons is the ability to replace ammunition quickly, as well. The M1 Garand's reload is painfully slow compared to modern weapons. Tactical reloads are a lot slower than empty reloads on the Garand, since the user needs to manually pull back the bolt and remove the clip before inserting a new one. The 'speed reload' will shorten reload time by a significant margin, as the user will just eject the clip. As such, it may be better to either empty the clip or simply extract it for a quicker reload in the heat of battle.

When ejecting the clip, whether empty or quick reloading, the M1 Garand sounds its distinct "ping", serving as a useful indicator to the user that the rifle is out of ammunition. However, this feature works both ways; nearby enemies with a keen ear may be alerted by the noise and deduce that their opponent has an empty rifle.

Attachments

Optics	1.5x PK-AS 1x Holographic 1x Kobra 1x MARS 1x MRO 1x OKP-7 1x Red Dot 2.5x-1x M1C Scope 2x-1x Holographic 2x-1x Kobra 2x-1x MARS 2x-1x OKP-7 2x-1x Red Dot 7x Hunting Scope 7x Sniper Scope 4x M150 4x-1x C79 4x-1x SU230 6x-3x Red Ring Scope 6x-3x T Scope 4x-1x M150 BUS 4x-1x SU230 BUS
Underbarrel	Quick Draw Grip Smoke Launcher Bipod Loading Grip Aiming Grip Explosive Launcher Recoil Grip
Barrel	Flash Hider Suppressor
Siderail	Laser Sight
Ammo	Tracer Rounds

Skins

Name	Image	How to obtain
Whiteout		Whiteout Weapon Skin Set DLC

Gallery

Default skin

Whiteout skin

Trivia

• There is a secret reload animation that depicts the bolt prematurely (and painfully) closing on the player's thumb after inserting the clip. In real-life this situation is known as "Garand Thumb" and happens when the rifle's user neglects holding back the bolt handle after reloading the clip, which causes it to slam forward as soon as the new clip is inserted.
• When a tactical reload is done, the user manually pulls back the bolt and ejects the clip, which makes the same ping noise as when the rifle runs empty. This is not true to real life; the ping would not be heard as loudly since the ammunition inside would not allow the clip's walls to reverberate as much, which is what causes the ping sound for an empty clip.
• Equipping both the 2.5x-1x M1C Scope and Flash Hider turns the weapon into the M1C variant, while excluding the Flash Hider but keeping the scope turns it into the M1D variant.