Why It Took 30 Years to Build the M1 Garand https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/4af8b444-0d04-4ff9-a1b1-935cf95ddc71 The M1 Garand didn’t just magically appear in 1936. For decades, dozens of teams and individual designers labored over competing ideas vying to become the battle rifle of the future. In this M1 deep dive, we're looking at why the U.S. Army pursued a semi-automatic rifle when it did, how the Garand beat out its competition, and what actually mattered once it reached the battlefield. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:28:23 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co Why It Took 30 Years to Build the M1 Garand https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/4af8b444-0d04-4ff9-a1b1-935cf95ddc71 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.