Why did Britain make a fully automatic M1 Garand? With firearm and weaponry expert Jonathan Ferguson

On the eve of the Second World War, Britain was on constant look-out for new and improved small arms. In this episode, Jonathan Ferguson shows how it briefly turned across the Atlantic to examine the possibility of an M1 Garand that fired on full auto. The outcome? Well, there's perhaps a reason you've never heard of it. M1 Garand Technical Drawing: https://imgur.com/a/ENqvXXS Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour Help us bring history to life by supporting us here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/donations/ Sign up to our museum membership scheme here: https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/membership/ ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries ⚔ Instagram: http://instagram.com/royalarmouriesmuseum We are the Royal Armouries, the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Discover what goes on behind the scenes and watch our collection come to life. See combat demonstrations, experience jousting and meet our experts. Have a question about arms and armour? Feel free to leave us a comment and we'll do our best to answer it.

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