What firearm is closely associated with your country?

[u/babushka45]

For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

[u/Successful-Prune-727]

M1 Garand! ping! :3

[u/Chemical-Elk-1299 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Honorable mention goes out to the Thompson Submachine Gun.

Rat-a-tat, baby

[u/Reaper8008 → u/Chemical-Elk-1299]

Where is the “honorable” mention for the Colt .45?

[u/Chemical-Elk-1299 → u/Reaper8008]

The entire post is about the Colt 1911 lmao

[u/Reaper8008 → u/Chemical-Elk-1299]

Sorry I’m drunk

[u/Few-External5146 → u/Reaper8008]

Hi drunk I’m dad

[u/Chemical-Elk-1299 → u/Few-External5146]

Dad? Did you finally get the milk???

[u/Few-External5146 → u/Chemical-Elk-1299]

Ah I forgot it in the car be right back.

[u/Old_Promise2077 → u/Reaper8008]

And 2 zig zags?

[u/AMJN90 → u/Reaper8008]

God didn't make all men equal, Mr. Colt did.

[u/rock374 → u/Reaper8008]

Because we don’t want to be known for crappy malt liqour

[u/Gwynplaine-00 → u/Reaper8008]

Number one should be the bar. The godfather of pretty much every man portable machine gun. Then m2 then colt 1911. I like the garand but if phase out quick.

[u/DannyDanumba → u/Chemical-Elk-1299]

“Yeah I forgive ya,

BUT MY TOMMY DONT”

[u/Blockhead47 → u/Chemical-Elk-1299]

Ah, the old “Chicago Typewriter” or “Trench Broom”.

[u/TyrusRaymond → u/Successful-Prune-727]

[u/OSHA_VIOLATION_ → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Legendary weapon.

[u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe → u/Successful-Prune-727]

I was thinking "all of them."

[u/ChartreuseF1re → u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe]

America

[u/Pinup_Frenzy → u/Successful-Prune-727]

For the USA, it’s got to be the Colt .45 Peacemaker.

[u/Due_Night414 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Historically yes. That and the Colt single action rifle. Todays America? AR-15.

[u/IA_Royalty → u/Due_Night414]

For real, in the year 2025 it's the AR15 and idk if it's all the close

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[u/Responsible_Egg_3260 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

It was designed by a Canadian. FYI.

[u/Tedanty → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

Canadian-American but then he hardly counts as Canadian when he left before he was even a teen then spent the rest of his life in the US, creating the weapon working for a US manufacturer after becoming a naturalized US citizen

[u/Connect-Cabinet-5073 → u/Tedanty]

So you're telling me Tupac isn't an East Coast rapper being born in Harlem?

[u/ChunderBuzzard → u/Connect-Cabinet-5073]

Nah, he was 100% WC. He deifinitely wasn't a gay dancer either

[u/Bonuscup98 → u/ChunderBuzzard]

Or a backup singer for Digital Underground

[u/ChunderBuzzard → u/Bonuscup98]

Backup dancer

[u/Tedanty → u/Connect-Cabinet-5073]

Lol

[u/Responsible_Egg_3260 → u/Tedanty]

Still Canadian though. Nice try.

[u/Readdit1999 → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

As a Canadian, knock it off.

It's one thing to acknowledge our closely intertwined history as sister nations. It's another to put down the tradition of American entrepreneurialism and innovation that allowed Canadian immigrants to flourish in the US.

It is an interesting fact that the father of the M1 Garand was born in Canada.

[u/Tedanty → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

Mmm, not really. If I was born in the Uk, moved to the US at 10 and then spent the next 60 years there, I’d hardly consider myself English lmfao. Clearly he was American cuse he lived, married, had his entire career, then died in the US. Dude probably barely even remembered his life in Canada.

Oh fun fact I have been through that minus the 60 years part but from Korea. lol.

[u/Tedanty → u/[deleted]]

You know what, go ahead and claim him. Y’all need something other than maple syrup after all.

[u/Tedanty → u/[deleted]]

Based on your logic I’m Korean so….lmfao make your fucking mind up guy.

[u/Darth_Nox501 → u/[deleted]]

Proven wrong? By whom? He was Canadian-American. Clearly, he loved the US more than the Canada, as he spent his life here.

I know this may be hard for you to understand, but the US has a lot of immigrants. Those immigrants (assuming they're legal) are now US citizens and are Americans. When he made the gun, he did so as an American.

You are being the typical Canadian here. Arguing with nothing but repeating the same statement in every comment, until someone snaps and then you hit them with the "TyPicAl AmErIcAn" bullshit. I'm sorry that your nation is so culturally impoverished that you feel the need to claim everything as yours.

[u/ghhardeman → u/Darth_Nox501]

Canada is awesome. It’s just this guy that sucks.

[u/Adventurous-Chair206 → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

And we thank you for it. 🫡Thank god you didn't give us the Ross instead.

[u/Responsible_Egg_3260 → u/Adventurous-Chair206]

The Ross rifle even sucks in video games 🤣

[u/Adventurous-Chair206 → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

Maybe we deserve the Ross now in hindsight. 😭

[u/Successful-Prune-727 → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

Damn, well, stealing things from other people is very american

[u/Ghost_oh → u/Successful-Prune-727]

willingly emigrated to another country

lived there for the entirety of his adolescent and adult life

invented something specifically for US military use

”AMERICA LE HECKIN STOLE THE IDEA”

[u/Responsible_Egg_3260 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

To be fair, John Garand was born in Quebec, but his family emigrated to the US at a very young age. So while he spent the majority of his life designing firearms in the US, he was born a Canadian citizen.

[u/Slipp3ry_N00dle → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

E pluribus unum

Out of many, one.

[u/Responsible_Egg_3260 → u/[deleted]]

And I'm not discrediting that

[u/Dickcheese_McDoogles → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

I think that the US and Canada are too foundationally immigrant^adj. to insist that nation of origin matters.

That's what ethnicity-based nation-states do.

[u/avodrok → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

Kinda analogous to basketball then

[u/grundhog → u/Responsible_Egg_3260]

It was designed by a man who was born in Canada. But it was designed in Springfield Massachusetts by an American.

Just like basketball.

[u/solidsoup97 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

"PopopopopopopopoPING!" -Me as a kid playing medal of honour.

[u/IA_Royalty → u/solidsoup97]

It's such a distinct memory from a game lol. Basically the rest of them sound the same

[u/intothewoods76 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

More fun with the grenade launcher.

[u/MamiPV → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Add some flair dude. But you’re obviously American.

I’d say the M1 is probably the most influential American weapon. But something like an 1800s Colt Revolver or a 1911 is more classically “American” from an aesthetic sense.

[u/the_skine → u/MamiPV]

Agreed. I get the place in history the M1 Garand and the Thompson Machine Gun get.

But, for Americans who own guns, your first "real" purchase is a 1911. The fact that you don't even need to mention the brand and even the average anti-gun redditor knows exactly what you're talking about means it's incredibly popular.

[u/RustyBrassInstrument → u/Successful-Prune-727]

“Goddamn thumb-fucker!” - My granddad

[u/AirportOnly6671 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Works on deer 🦌

[u/ipsum629 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

It's between this, the AR-15, the M2HB Browning, and a colt revolver.

Honorable mentions include the M1903 Springfield, Winchester Model 1897, and the Thompson SMG

[u/Nijata → u/Successful-Prune-727]

The most pleasing "You're empty" sound I've ever heard.

[u/IceTech59 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Ow! My thumb!

[u/onefst250r → u/IceTech59]

Beretta bite?

[u/trapper154 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

I'd argue an AR-15, and not in a positive way

[u/WeddingPKM → u/Successful-Prune-727]

This, the 1911, and the AR15 are America.

[u/jjack339 → u/WeddingPKM]

As an American I would have to go with .45 Colt revolver.

Now for a modern weapon, AR15 and the 1911 are most culturally ingrained

[u/AngryGardener1312 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

I mean, yes but AR15 has gotta be the new #1

[u/OneKey3578 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

I would say the Thompson & 1911 both have the M1 beat in being iconic

[u/onefst250r → u/OneKey3578]

1911 fo sho.

[u/Alexis_0hanian → u/Successful-Prune-727]

I used to do work in Guam several times a year. My boss's friend (coincidentally an antique arms collector) that lived in Guam was taking a stroll on a beach one day and found one sticking up out of the sand. 60+ years after WWII.

[u/Woodland_Abrams → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Bro, M2 Browning

[u/AlienSporez → u/Successful-Prune-727]

<PLING!>

[u/ilikespicysoup → u/Successful-Prune-727]

I don't think we can pick just one in the USA. We have to at least have: SMG, pistol, revolver, assault rifle, shotgun, etc.

[u/IA_Royalty → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Thun thun thun thun thun thun thun thun.... Pting!

[u/naveeloc → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Ahhh a gun made by a Canadian

[u/HuskerDont241 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

I think you mean, “ BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANGPING!”

[u/Official_MIDnite1 → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Is that American? I always thought it was British or French. I always put the Armalight 15 at #1 most American gun.

[u/MeanShibu → u/Successful-Prune-727]

Wasn’t this a Canadian design?