John C. Garand - Inventor of new U.S. Army rifle. John C. Garand, loads one of the semi-automatic U.S.

John C. Garand - Inventor of new U.S. Army rifle. John C. Garand, loads one of the semi-automatic U.S. rifles, the .30 caliber M 1, which he invented. The rifle holds a clip of eight cartridges and is made up of 73 parts. Garand likes to demonstrate the rifle's simplicity by taking it apart with a .30 caliber shell as his only tool. Millions of these rifles are used in the war against the Axis.