What is a MKM rifle?

[valv6]

I was looking at my grandpas discharge papers from 1940s and it says he was using a MKM rifle. What is a MKM rifle

[Guest m14man]

mkm stands for marksman qualification usually followed by a rifle type like an 03 springfield, 1917, or garand, m1 something like that.

[valv6]

It only says mkm rifle. Thanks for the info

[Guest m14man]

it probaly means he just qualified marksman my dad was expert on m14 and 1911 should have a little pin with a hanger showing what weapons they qualified with not sure about in ww2 tho dads was veitnam era.if you have any of the medals or unforms left. his medal just says rifle and pistol it was on what ever rifle they trained with in the time he went in probably a m1 or a springfield

here is what the pin look like

BADGE PIN LOT MILITARY RIFLE EXPERT WW2 US MARKSMAN