Those rifles were slightly shorter in length ... but it is fair to suggest that the StG44 was the future, not the M1 Garand. Therefore we should accept that Patton's praise of the M1 Garand ...

also honors the memory of John Cantius Garand, the inventor of the M1 rifle. As part of its mission, the CMP offers for sale military surplus rifles out of the U.S. Army inventory. One of the most ...

PROFILE of John C. Garand, inventor of the "U. S. Rifle Caliber .30, M1." Garand is principal ordnance designer and assistant works manager of the government armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.