Editing M1 Garand (section)

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* {{flagcountry|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan}}: Used during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]] by Taliban insurgents.<ref name="FireArmBlog3">{{cite web |date=27 October 2016 |title=A Persian take on the M1 |url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/10/27/garands-of-the-shah-photo-essay/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422071257/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/10/27/garands-of-the-shah-photo-essay/ |archive-date=22 April 2023 |work=The Firearm Blog}}</ref>
* {{flag|Algeria}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Windrow |first=Martin |title=The Algerian War, 1954–62 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |year=1997 |isbn=978-1-85532-658-3 |series=Men-at Arms 312 |place=London |page=46}}</ref>
* {{flag|Argentina}}: Received about 30,000 M1s from the U.S. government before 1964. Some were converted to accept [[Beretta BM 59]] magazines in the 1960s.<ref name="rifles1453">{{cite book |last=Walter |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq2Dnj4sDZIC&pg=PA145 |title=Rifles of the World |publisher=Krause Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-89689-241-5 |edition=3rd |location=Iola, WI |page=145}}</ref>
* {{flag|Austria}}: 25,000 M1 Garand rifles were supplied to Austria by the U.S. government after the end of World War 2. Used extensively by the Austrian Armed Forces until the adoption of the [[StG58|STG58]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Die Bewaffnung des österreichischen Bundesheeres: 1918 - 1990 |date=1990 |publisher=Weishaupt |isbn=978-3-900310-53-0 |editor-last=Urrisk-Obertyński |editor-first=Rolf M. |edition=1. Aufl |location=Graz}}</ref>
* {{flag|Brazil}}: Received large numbers of M1s from the U.S. government in the early 1950s. Some were converted to the [[7.62×51mm NATO]] cartridge and modified to accept [[FN FAL]] magazines.<ref name="rifles1453" />
* {{flag|Cambodia}}: Royal forces received [[List of weapons of the Cambodian Civil War#Battle rifles|M1 rifles]] from the U.S. during their civil war against communist insurgents.<ref name="smallarmssurvey3">{{cite web |last=Wille |first=Christina |date=June 2006 |title=How Many Weapons Are There in Cambodia? |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-WP4-Cambodia.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiVtOn4rarmAhVvT98KHSVVBxwQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3bt4Csgidnm3Pyha1tqi-w |access-date=23 September 2015 |website=Small Arms Survey |page=18}}{{dead link|date=September 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* {{flag|Canada|1921}}: A small, but unknown, number of M1, M1C (with infra-red night vision equipment) and M1D rifles were owned by Canada. There were enough to equip a brigade and Garands were issued to certain Canadian Army units near the end of World War II and to some army and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel into the 1950s.<ref>Canadian Army EME Manuals; photographic evidence; book ''Without Warning'' by Clive Law.</ref>
* {{flag|Chile}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Joseph E. |url=https://archive.org/details/smallarmsofworld00smit/page/292 |title=Small Arms of the World |publisher=The Stackpole Company |year=1969 |isbn=9780811715669 |edition=11 |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |page=292 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
* {{flag|People's Republic of China}}{{sfn|Thompson|2012|p=74}} Captured from Nationalist forces during the Chinese Civil War and US/ROK forces in the Korean War.
* {{flag|Cuba}}: 10,000 ex-British M1s.{{sfn|Thompson|2012|p=59}}
* {{flag|Denmark}}: Received 69,810 M1 rifles (designated "Gevær m/50") from the U.S. government prior to 1964. Some were converted to the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.<ref name="rifles1473" /> Also purchased 20,000 M1s from Italy.<ref name="gunsmag3">{{cite magazine |last=Ball |first=Willis |year=2002 |title=Beretta's BM 59, The Ultimate Garand |url=http://www.gunsmagazine.com/bm59/GCA0283.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509040711/http://www.gunsmagazine.com/bm59/GCA0283.pdf |archive-date=9 May 2006 |access-date=5 October 2008 |magazine=Guns}}</ref> The rifle has now been phased out of service.
* {{flag|El Salvador}}: Received more than 1,365 M1s from the U.S. government until 1965 and 211 M1D sniper rifles.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Montes |first=Julio A. |date=May 2000 |title=Infantry Weapons of the Salvadoran Forces |url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3006 |magazine=Small Arms Review |volume=3 |issue=8}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ethiopian Empire|name=Ethiopia}}: Received 20,700 M1 rifles from the U.S. government in the 1960s.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|France|1794}}: Received 232,500 M1 rifles from the U.S. government in 1950–1964.<ref name="rifles1473" /> The M1 was known as the ''Fusil semi-automatique 7 mm 62 (C. 30) M. 1''<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Manuel du Grade TTA 116 |date=19 March 1956 |publisher=Berger-Levrault |page=226 |language=fr}}</ref> (Semi-automatic rifle 7.62mm (calibre .30) M1)
* {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}: Captured from [[United States Army]], limited use in [[World War II]].{{sfn|Thompson|2012|p=44}} German designation was ''7.62 mm Selbstladegewehr 251 (a)''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://d-nb.info/98918255x/04 |title=Hand weapons: a reference work about the prey weapons of the Wehrmacht (1942) |date=2008 |publisher=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |isbn=978-3-8370-4042-5 |language=de |format=PDF}}</ref>
* {{flag|West Germany}}: Received 46,750 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1965.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Honduras|1949}}: Received from the US after the [[General strike of 1954|1954 general strike]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The military rifle cartridges of Honduras from Cortez to zelaya. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Honduras+from+Cortez+to+zelaya.-a0270283844 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>
* {{flag|Indonesia}}: Received between 55,000 and 78,000 MS1s and a minor number of M1Cs from the U.S. government prior to 1971; some rifles also supplied from Italy.<ref name="rifles1453" />
* {{flagcountry|Pahlavi dynasty|1964}}: Received 165,490 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1964.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Israel}}: Received up to 60,000 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1975.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Italy|1946}}: Used by the army from 1945. Beretta license-built 100,000 M1s from 1950 until the adoption of the [[Beretta BM59|BM59]] in 1959.<ref name="gunsmag3" /> Also received 232,000 M1s from the U.S. government between 1950 and 1970.<ref name="rifles1453" /> The M1 Garand was known in the Italian Army as the ''Fucile «Garand» M1 cal. 7,62''.<ref name="ArmiEMezzi19553">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://archive.org/details/ArmiEMezziInDotazioneAllesercitoItaliano-1955 |title=Armi e mezzi in dotazione all'esercito |date=1955 |publisher=[[Ministero Della Difesa]] |location=Roma |language=it |trans-title=Arms and means supplied to the army}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}<ref name="SAS RCI 20123">{{cite report |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf |title=Enquête nationale sur les armes légères et de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire: les défis du contrôle des armes et de la lutte contre la violence armée avant la crise post-électorale |last=de Tessières |first=Savannah |date=April 2012 |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], Commission Nationale de Lutte contre la Prolifération et la Circulation Illicite des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre and [[Small Arms Survey]] |page=74 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118234610/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead |series=Special Report No. 14}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Empire of Japan}}: Captured from American troops and eventually reversed-engineered as the [[Type 4 rifle]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Warner |first=Phillip |title=Japanese Army of World War II |publisher=Osprey Publishing |pages=18}}</ref>
* {{flag|Jordan}}: Received an estimated 25,000-30,000 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1974.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Kingdom of Laos}}: Received 36,270 M1 rifles from the U.S. government in 1950–1975.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Liberia}}<ref name="DoeEnahoro19853">{{cite book |last1=Doe |first1=Samuel Kanyon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlgmAQAAMAAJ |title=Doe, the Man Behind the Image |last2=Enahoro |first2=Peter |publisher=publisher not identified |year=1985}}</ref>
* {{flag|Netherlands}}: known as ''Geweer Garand 7,62mm'' in the [[Dutch Army]] and ''Geweer v/7,62 mm no. 2 S/aut'' in the [[Dutch Navy]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Scarlata |first1=Paul |date=April 2014 |title=Military rifle cartridges of the Netherlands: from Sumatra to Afghanistan |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military+rifle+cartridges+of+the+Netherlands%3A+from+Sumatra+to...-a0391311403 |magazine=[[Shotgun News]]}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nicaragua}}: Received 5000 M1 from the US 1954 MAP bought 1500 M1 from Canada<ref>{{cite book |last=Jurado |first=Carlos Caballero |title=Central American Wars 1959–89 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-85045-945-6 |series=Men-at-Arms 221 |place=London |page=19}}</ref>
* {{flag|Pakistan}}: Received possibly 150,000 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1975.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Panama}}<ref name="gander19953">{{cite book |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995/1996 |date=May 1995 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=978-0-7106-1241-0 |editor1-last=Gander |editor1-first=Terry J. |edition=21st |editor2-last=Hogg |editor2-first=Ian V.}}</ref>
* {{flag|Paraguay}}: Received 30,750 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1975.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}: Received 34,530 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1975.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|Thailand}}: Received about 40,000 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1965. (designated "ปลยบ.88" (Type 88 Self-Loading rifle))<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Received 38,000 as [[Lend-Lease]]{{sfn|Thompson|2012|p=59}}
* {{flag|Uruguay}}<ref name="gander19953" />
* {{flag|Venezuela}}: Received 55,670 M1 rifles from the U.S. government prior to 1975.<ref name="rifles1473" />
* {{flag|North Vietnam}} and {{flag|Vietnam}}: (Largely captured and/or inherited from now-defunct Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Some used by the Viet Cong and the Viet Minh, taken from American, French and South Vietnamese forces/armories<ref name="NVA3">{{cite book |last=Rottman |first=Gordon L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iC21CwAAQBAJ |title=North Vietnamese Army Soldier 1958–75 |date=10 February 2009 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |isbn=9781846033711 |series=Warrior 135 |page=32}}</ref> with a few modified to make them compact.
* {{flag|South Vietnam}}: Received 220,300 M1 and 520 M1C/M1D rifles from the U.S. government in 1950–1975.<ref name="rifles1473" />

[[File:M1 rifle in Iraq.jpg|thumb|A U.S. infantryman holding an M1 captured in Iraq, 2007]]