Editing M1 carbine (section)

===British Army===
During [[World War II]], the British [[Special Air Service|SAS]] used the M1 and M1A1 carbines after 1943. The weapon was taken into use simply because a decision had been taken by Allied authorities to supply .30 caliber weapons from U.S. stocks in the weapons containers dropped to Resistance groups sponsored by an [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]], or later also [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), organizer, on the assumption the groups so supplied would be operating in areas within the operational boundaries of U.S. forces committed to [[Operation Overlord]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} They were found to be suited to the kind of operation the two British, two French, and one Belgian Regiment carried out. It was handy enough to parachute with, and, in addition, could be easily stowed in an operational Jeep. Other specialist intelligence collection units, such as [[30 Assault Unit]] sponsored by the Naval Intelligence Division of the British Admiralty, which operated across the entire Allied area of operations, also made use of this weapon.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}. The carbine continued to be utilized as late as the [[Malayan Emergency]], by the [[Police Field Force]] of the [[Royal Malaysian Police]], along with other units of the British Army, were issued the M2 carbine for both jungle patrols and outpost defense.<ref name="J.W.G. Moran">{{cite book |author1=Moran, Jack William Grace, Sir |title=Spearhead in Malaya |date=1959 |url=https://www.gohd.com.sg/shop/spearhead-in-malaya-j-w-g-moran-1959-1st-edition/|publisher=Peter Davies |location=London |edition=1st|page=239}}</ref><ref name="Crawford">{{cite book |author1=Crawford, Oliver|title=The Door Marked Malaya|url=https://www.gohd.com.sg/shop/the-door-marked-malaya-oliver-crawford-1958-1st-ed/|location=London |publisher=Rupert Hart-Davis|date=1958 |page=88|edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cameron-highland-destination.com/jungle-beat-roy-follows-fort-brooke.html|title=The Jungle Beat – Roy Follows, of Fort Brooke and Cameron Highlands|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref>  The [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] also used the M1 carbine.<ref>Central Office of Information British Information Services ''Survey of Current Affairs'' 1977 H.M. Stationery Office</ref>