1. During World War II , IBM manufactured the Browning Automatic Rifle and the M1 Carbine . Allied military forces widely utilized IBM's tabulating equipment for military accounting, logistics, and other War-related purposes.

Aus der Arbeit in den Laboratorien (allein vier aus dem IBM-Forschungslabor Zürich in Rüschlikon ) rund um die Welt gingen mehrere Physik-Nobelpreise hervor.