Data Quality88%
01 / Overview
M1 carbine
Category
Country
Prime contractor
Production
1938–1945
Quantity
6,121,309
Unit Price (current)
$837.424↗ 1761% inflation · 1943→2025
Original Price
$45 (1943)
Operators
Conflicts
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
CARBINES · INTERWAR PERIOD
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PERFORMANCE/PRICE
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UNIT COST (2025 USD)
$837.424
Original: $45 (1943)
Inflation: +%1761
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the carbines category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
- 1927First deployment: Chinese Civil War
- 1938Production started
- 1941Entered service
- 1945Production ended
88
years in service
7
years in production
6,121,309
units produced
54
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country still actively operates it. 2 countries retired it.
04 / Conflicts
M1 CARBINE · CONFLICTS SERVED IN13% win·19% loss
Total Conflicts
16
Victories
2
Ongoing
0
Losses
3
1979Sino-Vietnamese War—→1979–1989Soviet-Afghan WarDecisive victory→1976–2005Insurgency in Aceh—→1975–2002Angolan Civil War—→1975–1990Lebanese Civil War—→1970–1971Black September—→1969Hundred Hour WarCeasefire→1967–1975Cambodian Civil War—→1961Bay of Pigs invasionDecisive victory→1959–1975Laotian Civil WarDecisive victory→1956Suez CrisisTactical victory→1955–1975Vietnam WarDecisive victory→1954–1962Algerian War—→1950–1953Korean War—→1948–1960Malayan Emergency—→1946–1954First Indochina War—→
ⓘ Shown only from conflicts recorded in our database.
05 / Operators
Operator Inventory37country · 2,250,611units
2,250,611active
06 / MASS Score
Not enough weapon data to rank this category.
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
ⓘ Rankings are within theCarbinescategory.
📚 Sources