T31: John Garand’s Bullpup - Forgotten Weapons
2013年2月22日 · Garand’s entry was by far the most innovative and unorthodox, and yet reflected back to his work on the M1 rifle at the same time. The project requirement was for a 7-pound rifle, so Garand chose to use a bullpup layout to maximize barrel length at a minimum of weight (although the T31 ended up weighing in at 8.7 pounds).
Garand’s Bullpup - Historical Firearms
Garand was eager to maximise the length of the weapon’s barrel and decided to use a bullpup layout. While not weighing less than 7 lbs the T-31 was the lightest of the Light Rifle program weapons weighing 8.7 lbs. The rifle used a gas trap system, similar to Garand’s earlier designs, to …
John Garand's innovative shoulder arms - Springfield Armory …
2015年2月26日 · Though looking like a typical M1 rifle, this is actually a post-WWII Garand experimentally chambered for what would become the 7.62mm NATO cartridge. The “Bullpup”, Garand’s last experimental design, was an attempt to build a lightweight weapon with a high rate of fire. It incorporated many advanced features.
Garand T31, Garand’s Bullpup : r/ForgottenWeapons - Reddit
2022年3月24日 · This is not surprising (well, the sheer mass might be, but not the fundamental problem), as it is the same issue that proved to be the Achilles’ heel of all the other gas-trap rifles ever made, like the German G41(M) and G41(W) and Garand’s own first production M1 design.
Garand T31 aka. Bullpup .30 | thefirearmblog.com
2010年2月8日 · Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Springfield, Ma. – Limited prototype experimental select-fire weapon shoulder weapon; never went into production. Lightweight, selective full and semiautomatic rifle with an in-line stock in an attempt to reduce recoil. Cyclic rate of fire 600 rpm. Weapon weighs approximately 8.7 lbs. without accessories.
John Garand - Wikipedia
Jean Cantius Garand (/ ˈ ɡ ær ən d / GARR-ənd, French: [ʒɑ̃ ɡaʁɑ̃]; January 1, 1888 – February 16, 1974), also known as John C. Garand, was a Canadian-American designer of firearms who created the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle that was widely used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean War.
John Garand: The Man Behind the Legendary M1 Rifle
2020年3月17日 · Garand’s design was dubbed the T31 and it used a bullpup style, featuring a 20-round magazine and selective-fire capability (with a projected 600 rpm cyclic rate). The magazine of the design would be the only part of the T31 to move forward as it became the magazine used in the T44 rifle, that would ultimately become the M14.
M1 Garand - Wikipedia
The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. [14]
Thorneycroft to SA80 Stretch Goal: The American T31 Bullpup
2020年4月14日 · At the same time that the British were working on the E.M.2, the United States was also dabbling with the idea of a bullpup. John Garand himself designed a prototype that was designated the...
T31 | Gun Wiki | Fandom
The T31 is a prototype bullpup automatic rifle designed by John Garand. A light rifle program was initiated in 1945, where a new infantry rifle was to be developed using the new T65 cartridge, which would be developed into the 7.62×51mm NATO bullet.