What is better a m1 garand or a m1 carbine?

Answer 1

That's a matter of opinion. The M1 Garand is larger, heavier and shoots a more powerful cartridge than the M1 carbine. They are two completely different rifles.

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Its comparing apples and Oranges, the Garand is a frontline service rifle, the Carbine is intended for non-combat roles, as a personal defence weapon. The Garand has much longer range and a much larger cartridge with better penetration and power at range. The Carbine fires a small pistol cartridge, its a rounded or flat nosed bullet, traveling at a low velocity, at close to medium ranges, the .30 Carbine causes a wound cavity the size of a Basketball, which is of course, instant death in a single hit. The Garand has a pointed higher velocity 30-06 cartridge, it penetrates much farther than the Carbine, and has vastly superior accuracy and range, and its large pointed bullet traveling at 2800 FPS causes a wound cavity the size of a softball, and kills instantly even through body armor. Both are lethal weapons, but they have different purposes, the Carbine is better for close range combat, and the Garand is for longer range combat and for range shots and penetration of material, so neither weapon is better than the other, just like most smallarms are.