IWI Dan vs M1 carbine: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

IWI Dan

Sniper rifle

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

M1 carbine — licensed reference photograph

BSmall arms

M1 carbine

Semi-automatic rifle

Credit

Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rama · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

IWI DanLength

1.28 m

Length source ↗

M1 carbineLength

0.9 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

IWI Danlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+42%
Range+300%
Barrel length+63%
Muzzle velocity+45%

M1 carbinelarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 24 rows sourced on both sides

1.28m

900mm

Length+42%

All recorded figures & sources

1.28 m

Length

Single source

1.03 m

stock folded

Single source

Configuration

Details

IWI Dan and M1 carbine configuration
Specification	IWI Dan	M1 carbine
Type	Sniper rifle^[source]	Semi-automatic rifle^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	United States^[source]
Designer	Nehemia Sirkis^[source]	Fred Humeston William C. Roemer David Marshall Williams^[source]
Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries^[source]	Military contractors Commercial copies^[source]

Unit cost	$9,000^[source]	About $45 (WWII) (equivalent to $840 in 2025)^[source]

Produced	2014–present^[source]	July 1942 – August 1945 (U.S. military) 1945–present (commercial)^[source]

Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	.30 Carbine^[source]

Action	Bolt-action^[source]	Gas-operated (short-stroke piston) , rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	15- or 30-round detachable box magazine^[source]

Sights	day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]	Rear sight: aperture; L-type flip or adjustable Front sight: wing-protected post^[source]

In service	—	1942–1973 (United States) 1942–present (other countries)^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[source]

Wars	—	World War II Hukbalahap Rebellion Chinese Civil War (limited) First Indochina War Indonesian National Revolution Korean War Malayan Emergency Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Algerian War Suez Crisis Cuban Revolution Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Bay of Pigs Invasion Permesta Rebellion Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Ñancahuazú Guerrilla Six-Day War Football War Cambodian Civil War The Troubles Angolan Civil War Black September Lebanese Civil War Insurgency in Aceh Mexican drug war Syrian Civil War^[source]