Foreign Military Assistance
and the
U.S. M1 & M2 Carbines

What You Need to Know

The data provided within the chart is from a variety of sources usually originating from the method of funding, each indicated specifically in the right column and below the chart. Sources without first hand knowledge have been excluded from this data. The exact number of carbines provided worldwide will probably never be known, for a variety of reasons. This chart represents a minimum. When in doubt, I’ve left the data out.

Many countries sold, traded, destroyed, and/or donated these carbines to other countries and/or private gun brokers. The data in this table is restricted to the original U.S. Ordnance contract carbines the United States provided these countries.

Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Angola	1974	CARBINES			12,215		CIA (1)
					12,215	12,215
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Argentina	1963	CARBINES			12,621		FMS
					12,621	12,621
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Austria	1963	CARBINES			12,620		MAP
					12,620	12,620
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Bolivia	1963	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	154				MAP
Bolivia	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	300				MAP
Bolivia	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	1				MAP
Bolivia	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	112				MAP
Bolivia	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	450				MAP
Bolivia	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	978				MAP
Bolivia	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	2,573				MAP
Bolivia	1974	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	1,500				MAP
Bolivia	1974	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	2,965				MAP
Bolivia	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		86			MAP
Bolivia	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		196			MAP
Bolivia	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,242			MAP
Bolivia	1970	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		388			MAP
Bolivia	1973	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,100			MAP
Bolivia	1973	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		520			MAP
Bolivia	1974	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		552			MAP
Bolivia	1963	CARBINES			321		MAP
			9,033	4,084	321	13,438
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
British Empire	WWII	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines			25,362		Lend Lease
U.K.	1963	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines			175,404		FMS
					200,766	200,766
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Burma	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		10,000			MAP
Burma	1963	CARBINES			18,792		MAP
				10,000	18,792	28,792
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Canada	WWII	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines			230		Lend Lease
					230	230
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Chile	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	256				MAP
Chile	1963	CARBINES			721		MAP
Chile	1971	.30 M2 Carbines		1,900			FMS
			256	1,900	721	2,877
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
China	WWII	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines	360				OSS (2)
China	WWII	.30 M1 Carbines			1		Lend Lease
			360		1	361
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
China (Taipei)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	2,396				MAP
China (Taipei)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		7			MAP
China (Taipei)	1963	CARBINES			99,000		MAP
China (Taipei)	1963	CARBINES			539		MAP
China (Taipei)	1963	CARBINES			178		MAP
China (Taipei)	1963	CARBINES			13,828		MAP
			2,396	7	113,545	115,948
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Colombia	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		136			MAP
Colombia	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,728			MAP
Colombia	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		3,126			MAP
Colombia	1963	CARBINES			2,047		MAP
				4,990	2,047	7,037
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Costa Rica	1975	CARBINES			6,000		FMS
					6,000	6,000
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Cuba	1963	CARBINES	118				MAP
			118			118
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Ecuador	1967	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	30				MAP
Ecuador	1963	CARBINES			546		MAP
			30		546	576
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
El Salvador	1963	CARBINE CAL 30 M2			156		MAP
					156	156
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Ethiopia	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	22				MAP
Ethiopia	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	500				MAP
Ethiopia	1967	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	250				MAP
Ethiopia	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	380				MAP
Ethiopia	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	1,095				MAP
Ethiopia	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	39				MAP
Ethiopia	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		891			MAP
Ethiopia	1970	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		200			MAP
Ethiopia	1963	CARBINES			13,040		MAP
			2,286	1,091	13,040	16,417
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
France	WWII	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines			96,983		Lend Lease
France	WWII	.30 M1 Carbines	16,807				OSS (2)
France	WWII	.30 M1A1 Carbines	498				OSS (2)
France	1963	CARBINES			99,000		MAP
France	1963	CARBINES			56,356		MAP
			17,305		252,339	269,644
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Germany (Bonn)	1963	CARBINES			34,192		MAP
					34,192	34,192
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Greece	1967	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	14,000				MAP
Greece	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	7,683				MAP
Greece	1970	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	15,473				MAP
Greece	1972	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	200				MAP
Greece	1973	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	646				MAP
Greece	1972	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		250			MAP
Greece	1963	CARBINES			12		MAP
			38,002	250	12	38,264
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Guatemala	1974	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	5,000				MAP
Guatemala	1963	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		162			MAP
Guatemala	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		97			MAP
Guatemala	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		46			MAP
Guatemala	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		38			MAP
Guatemala	1967	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		357			MAP
Guatemala	1963	CARBINES			121		MAP
Guatemala	1971	.30 M2 Carbines		342			FMS
			5,000	1,042	121	6,063
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Honduras	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	150				MAP
Honduras	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		164			MAP
Honduras	1967	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		50			MAP
Honduras	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		108			MAP
Honduras	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		18			MAP
Honduras	1963	CARBINES			91		MAP
Honduras	1977	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines			5,000		FMS
			150	340	5,091	5,581
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Indochina	1963	CARBINES			14,429		MAP
					14,429	14,429
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Indonesia	1963	CARBINES			21,000		MAP
					21,000	21,000
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Iran	1963	CARBINES			10,000		MAP
					10,000	10,000
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Israel	1978	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines			10,000		FMS (3)
					10,000	10,000
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Italy	1963	CARBINES			99,000		MAP
Italy	1963	CARBINES			47,863		MAP
					146,863	146,863
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Japan	1963	CARBINES			3,693		MAP
Japan	1963	CARBINES			301		MAP
					3,994	3,994
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Jordan	1963	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,800			MAP
Jordan	1970	.30 M1 & M2 Carbines			361		FMS
				1,800	361	2,161
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Khmer Republic	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	31,207				MAP
Khmer Republic	1963	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1			MAP
Khmer Republic	1970	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		25,925			MAP
Khmer Republic	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		345			MAP
Khmer Republic	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		17,326			MAP
Khmer Republic	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		15,765			MAP
Khmer Republic	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		166			MAP
Khmer Republic	1975	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		2,142			MAP transfer from Laos
Khmer Republic	1975	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		104			MAP transfer from Laos
Khmer Republic	1975	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,820			MAP transfer from Laos
Khmer Republic	1975	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		4			MAP transfer from Laos
Khmer Republic	1975	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		333			MAP transfer from Laos
Khmer Republic	1963	CARBINES			8,824		MAP
Khmer Republic	1963	CARBINES			11,604		MAP
Khmer Republic	1963	CARBINES			2		MAP
			31,207	63,931	20,430	115,568
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Korea (Seoul)	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	10,034				Currency other than MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	99,999				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	99,999				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	99,999				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	50,000				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	99,999				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	35,359				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	88,975				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	99,999				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	99,999				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	96,635				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	68,644				MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		7,789			Currency other than MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		2,313			MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		2,004			Currency other than MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1969	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		9,949			MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1972	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		13			Currency other than MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1963	CARBINES			5,000		MAP
Korea (Seoul)	1963	CARBINES			38,849		MAP
			949,641	22,068	43,849	1,015,558
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Laos	1963	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	650				MAP
Laos	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	195				MAP
Laos	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M1	400				MAP
Laos	1963	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		240			MAP
Laos	1964	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		2,717			MAP
Laos	1965	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,568			MAP
Laos	1966	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		11,800			MAP
Laos	1967	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		3,176			MAP
Laos	1967	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		2,550			MAP
Laos	1968	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,429			Currency other than MAP
Laos	1970	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,450			Currency other than MAP
Laos	1971	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		1,140			Currency other than MAP
Laos	1972	CARBINE CAL 30 M2		500			Currency other than MAP
Laos	1963	CARBINES			43,816		MAP
Laos	1963	CARBINES			600		MAP
Laos	1963	CARBINES			2,356		MAP
			1,245	26,570	46,772	74,587
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding
Lebanon	1963	.30 M1 Carbines	900				FMS
			900			900
Country	Year	Description	M1	M2	M1/M2	Totals	Method of Funding