For all the hype it gets, the Garand was obsolete when the troops went ashore at Normandy, of course the Lee-Enflield was, too. Both the Germans and the Russians were fielding better weapons to some of their troops, and both realized that assault troops needed automatic weapons, not perfected WW I trench rifles.

In the event, most American troops were equipped with M1 Carbines, which were common, if not dominant, even in infantry units. The M2 Carbine was the US’s first assault weapon.