Maybe kind of a strange question, but what happened to the firearms in between the well known ones?
For example the Garand was the first rifle designated M1; United States Rifle Caliber .30 M1. The next standard issue rifle was the M14 and then the M16. But what happened to the missing ones, the M11 rifle for example?
Same could said of pistols, how did we go from the M9 to the M17?
Carbines are a little easier to track as there are only 4 of them that I know of.
Just curious
For example the Garand was the first rifle designated M1; United States Rifle Caliber .30 M1. The next standard issue rifle was the M14 and then the M16. But what happened to the missing ones, the M11 rifle for example?
Same could said of pistols, how did we go from the M9 to the M17?
Carbines are a little easier to track as there are only 4 of them that I know of.
Just curious