M1 Garand vs Mk 13 rifle: Specs Compared

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M1 GarandLength

1.1 m

Mk 13 rifleLength

1.207 m

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M1 Garandlarger figure on 0 of 4

Mk 13 riflelarger figure on 4 of 4

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

Measured figures

14 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

1.1m

1.21m

Length+10%

All recorded figures & sources

1.1 m

Length

Single source

43.5 in (1,100 mm)^[source]

1.207 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

M1 Garand and Mk 13 rifle configuration
Specification	M1 Garand	Mk 13 rifle
Type	Semi-automatic rifle^[source]	—
Place of origin	United States^[source]	—
In service	1936–1957 (as the standard U.S. service rifle) 1940s–present (other countries)^[source]	2001–present^[source]
Used by	See § Users^[source]	United States^[source]
Wars	List of conflicts World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Korean War 1948 Arab–Israeli War Hukbalahap Rebellion Indo-Pakistani Wars First Indochina War Algerian War Suez Crisis Second Taiwan Strait Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Cuban Revolution Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Laotian Civil War 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War Dominican Civil War Six-Day War Football War Cambodian Civil War Black September Sandinista Revolution Angolan Civil War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War First Liberian Civil War Gulf War The Troubles Operation Uphold Democracy Maluku sectarian conflict War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian civil war Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon Islamic State insurgency in the Philippines Twelve-Day War