User:Trekphiler/Wp draft

U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1936–1957
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War Other conflicts around the world
Production history
Designer	John C. Garand
Designed	1932
Manufacturer	Springfield Armory Winchester Harrington & Richardson International Harvester Beretta Breda Springfield Armory, Inc. (civilian)
Produced	1936–present
No. built	Approx. 5.4 million
Variants	M1C, M1D
Specifications
Mass	9.5 lb (4.31 kg) to 11.6 lb (5.3 kg)
Length	43.6 in (1,107.4 mm)
Barrel length	24 in (609.6 mm)
Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield 7.62x51mm NATO (U.S. Navy and some commercial variants)
Action	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Muzzle velocity	2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)
Effective firing range	440 yd (402 m)
Feed system	8-round "en bloc" clip internal magazine
Sights	Aperture rear sight, barleycorn-type front sight

storm rifle 58 (shortened StG58 ) is an assault rifle manufactured by Steyr-Daimler-Puch. It was the predecessor of the Austrian federal army's used StG 77. Today it becomes in Austria only more of National Guard as drilling weapon for representation purposes assigned. The original name of the Urspungsmodells is FN FAL (Fabrique national one - Fusil Automatique casual). It became from the Belgian Fabrique national one developed and was in 20. Century the furthest common storm rifle at all; it was used from at least 70 countries and is partly today still used. The first prototype was developed 1946 by the weapon technical designer Dieudonné Saive, that at the same time to SAFN-49 worked. For this reason itself both models are technically very similar. The characteristic at the StG58 is the wood shank and the swinging out bipod. Later to reduce the wood shank replaced by a plastic shank by the weight of the weapon. The Mündungsfeuerdämpfer permitted besides also a putting on of rifle grenades.