Is Ranged: | yes |
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.