Word: garand
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Tests given the new Garand (semiautomatic rifle) at the Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland were so successful that there is prospect of developing a valuable new arm for the infantry. The new rifle approximates the 1903 Springfield in weight and size. It has an automatic ejector to discharge the empty shells and reload, but it is necessary to pull the trigger for every shot...
...inventor of the new rifle is John C. Garand, for many years an employee of the Springfield Arsenal. A War Department memorandum spoke of Mr. Garand's weapon as one that had possibilities for " rapid, accurate and sustained firing from the shoulder, though being at the same time a light, portable gun which can be carried without fatigue by the individual soldier...