M1947 Johnson auto carbine explained

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M1947 Johnson auto carbine
Type:Semi-automatic rifle
Origin:United States
Designer:Melvin Johnson
Design Date:1947
Part Length:22inches
Cartridge:.30-06 Springfield
Feed:10 round cylindrical magazine
25-round, single stack-column box magazine
Action:Short recoil
Rate:60 rpm
Velocity:2,800 ft/s (853.6 m/s)
Number:5

The M1947 Johnson auto carbine is a semi-automatic derivative of the M1941 Johnson machine gun. It was intended as a replacement of the M1 rifle but not accepted.[1] The auto carbine never got past the prototype stage, with only five of them ever being made.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Little-Known Tale Of "Daisy Mae" - The Johnson Auto-Carbine . live . 30 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310070701/http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Semi-automatic%20Rifles/US/Johnson%20Carbine/Johnson%20Carbine.htm . Milpas . 10 March 2016 .