M1 carbine vs Mk 13 rifle: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

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

BSmall arms

First system

Second system

At a glance

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M1 carbineLength

0.9 m

Mk 13 rifleLength

1.207 m

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M1 carbinelarger figure on 0 of 3

Mk 13 riflelarger figure on 3 of 3

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

Measured figures

14 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

900mm

1.21m

Length+34%

All recorded figures & sources

0.9 m

Length

Single source

35.6 in (900 mm)^[source]

1.207 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

M1 carbine and Mk 13 rifle configuration
Specification	M1 carbine	Mk 13 rifle
Type	Semi-automatic rifle^[source]	—
Place of origin	United States^[source]	—
In service	1942–1973 (United States) 1942–present (other countries)^[source]	2001–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	United States^[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