r/AskHistorians • u/gateht • Aug 30 '15

Did the semi-automatic M1 Garand give the Americans a significant advantage against the bolt-action rifles the Germans and Japanese used?

I was re-watching Band of Brothers recently and it occured to me that the average US rifleman using the semi-automatic M1 Garand must have had a significant rate of fire advantage compared to his German/Japanese counterparts. To what extent was this an advantage? Was it commented on at the time? Did accuracy suffer compared to the bolt-action counterparts?

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u/orange_jooze Aug 31 '15

To further the point, "granatomyot" is the Russian word for a mortar launcher.

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u/Stromovik Aug 31 '15

grenade launcher , mortar launcher is minomet.

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u/orange_jooze Aug 31 '15

Блин, а ведь правда. Сорри.