The semi-automatic Rifles of World War II

The M1 Garand/Carbine, The Tokerav (spelling), and the Gewehr 41/43 are the only ones I know of during World War II. Oh, and it is possible to reload the M1 Garand mid clip, but I think it's difficult.

 

There was also the M-1941 Iver Johnson used by Marine Raiders and some Euro special units.

Other than those and the ones you listed, not much else. There were several makes but nothing that was common place.

Also, what do you mean by "mid-clip"?

 

When you are shooting but you don't shoot all of your rounds. Then you decide it might be a better idea to reload now then when you get into another fire fight, so you reload in the middle of a clip of ammo. That's what it means. Used a lot in other places. In the Video games I play, such as Call of Duty, you can't reload the M1 Garand when ever you want to, or in mid-clip. Bit of a waist when you got Jerries coming at you full force.

 

Since Garands had their ammo pre-loaded into the clips, it would be easier to just insert a fresh clip. Put the half used one in your pack or whatever.

It's also a time consuming pain in the a$$ to load the Garand clip by hand. Not something you would want to do in combat.

 

Yeah, only in a calm. Otherwise, just keep shooting.

 

does the clip go into the magazine of the garand with the bullets?on my old mauser the clip did not go in it merely held the bullets together until u pushed them into the magazine,,,5 rounds

 

In the garande it does, when the clip is empty there is a ringing noise when the clip is ejected out of the rifle.

 

That would strictly be known as a 'stripper clip' or 'charger'. The term 'clip' should be reserved for those guns like the Garand which take the ammo+clip together.

Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion forum

 

Yeah, the good old "ding" of the M1 Garand told the Jerries and Jappies that, "I've got to reload, so come on down!" Of course, your body has a thompson, the rest of the message goes, "and get several new holes for free!" Never fight alone, am I right?

 

The Garand uses an "en-bloc" clip that hold 8 cartridges. With the bolt all the way to the rear, the clip is pressed into the magazine from the top. Once in place, the bolt closes. As the bolt goes forward, it removes a cartridge from the clip and chambers it. The rifle then operates as most gas operated semi-autos do. When the last round is fired, the clip is thrown from the rifle by a spring loaded lever. This is where the famous "ping" sound starts.

A loaded clip is removed by opening the bolt and pressing in on a lever on the left side of the receiver. This will eject the clip and rounds without having to cycle through.

 

I don't think it would take that long for an experienced soldier to reload a garande. Also I doubt that by the time the enemy would charge if they heard the ping.

 

An experienced infantryman can reload a Garand in about 5 seconds. Takes me about 10.