The M2 Carbine would remain in U.S. military service into the 1960s, even as the Army adopted the large M14 battle rifle and then the iconic M16 assault rifle still in use today.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The M2 simply does not fit neatly into modern weapon classifications, save perhaps as a personal defense weapon. However, it was indisputably the U.S. military ...

Object Details Location Currently not on view date made ca 1943 ID Number AF.74729M catalog number 74729M accession number 293472 serial number 1614843 Object Name carbine carbine, semiautomatic ...