and Trimble Nursery & Furniture Co. As a result the Saginaw plant never actually made its own stock and avoided setting up that portion of production (6). In the case of Saginaw Steering Gear the gun stocks came from Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp. Additional to subcontracting, in order to fulfill contracts on time lots parts were exchanged between the various main assembly contractors as well. Throughout the course of production for the M1 Carbine, the parts to complete guns as needed were subcontracted to over 50 different to facilities and businesses that didn’t usually have any prior experience in firearms manufacturing (5). diesel program after January 1st, 1944 (5, p. 411).
With the termination of carbine production the Grand Rapids plant was transitioned to the G.M.C. Under the leadership Saginaw Division the Grand Rapids plant produced 223,620 carbines in 1943 (6, p. After the plant was taken over the facility had produced 8,000 more carbines than the contract called for and were delivered to the Government in 33 days (1, p. After some deliberation the Irwin’s cancelled their contract and Saginaw took over the factory on April 1st, 1943 (5, p. 160). With some men from the Saginaw plant then led most of the original work force in completely re-configuring the Grand Rapids Plant (1, p. These guns had many parts out of specification and outright catastrophic failure of their receivers (5, p. 148). Though on the surface this seemed to be a good balanced partnership that would produce carbines, in a year they had produced less than 3,000 units and none of them had passed inspection with the Ordnance Department. Pedersen a commercial firearms designer (5, p. 141-143). Irwin, a furniture manufacturer, and John D. The plant had been established in 1942 for the expressed purpose of building M1 Carbines by Robert W. While the Saginaw plant was going forward with its contract, the Ordnance Department requested that Saginaw simultaneously take over the floundering Irwin-Pedersen plant in Grand Rapids MI (5, p. 143).
M1 CARBINE SERIAL NUMBER DATE OF MANUFACTURE SERIES
While the plant continued to produce machine guns, the facility took on a series of contracts for M1 Carbines. The Saginaw #2 Plant would produce 293,592 carbines between 19 when the contracts were cancelled. This is what preceded Saginaw’s contract.Īfter it’s success with producing the M1919A4 machine gun that began in 1940, Plant #2 obtained a contract for 365,500 M1 Carbines on February 13, 1943(5, p. All the above indicates that we must assert the greatest of pressure to get carbines and ammunitions in the minimum of time.” (2, p. Campbell Jr., wrote “Reports coming in from all jungle theaters indicate that the carbine is going to be a most useful weapon due to its light weight, small overall length, and the light weight ammunition. A short time after its introduction Chief of Ordnance, Major General L. After the completion of development by Winchester and adoption of the M1 Carbine in September 1941, the government began to contract production runs of the carbine to various private firms. 30 caliber round that was lighter than the M1 Garand’s.
This led to the pursuit of a carbine using a new. At that time the current small arms issued were either too heavy and bulky or, in the case of the M1911 pistol, limited in range. A New Light Rifleīeginning in 1940 the military had been developing a lightweight rifle to issue to troops who were already encumbered by other equipment or were second line troops that were not supposed to be in front line combat. The production of the carbine by Saginaw more efficiently armed a large number of US soldiers during World War II while simultaneously providing a more effective small arm for those soldiers to do their respective duties. This led to the adoption of the M1 Carbine that was produced in part by the Saginaw Steering and Gear Division Plant of General Motors in addition to other companies. In World War Two the United States Military saw the benefit for a carbine in its ranks to better suit the needs of troops. Saginaw Steering Gear Division Plant #2 in 1948 (3)
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