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    5.56×45mm NATO Conversion Kit for MG 42/59 (?)

    According to McNab (2012), the Stabilimento Militare Armi Leggere Terni or SMALT had produced a conversion kit to adapt the MG 42/59 GPMG (Italy's license-produced version of the MG 42 / MG 3) to 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition (p. 25). Uncited entries on Wikipedia claimed that the conversion kit...
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    • 5.56x45mm cold war conversion esercito italiano italian republic machine gun mg 42 north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war smalt stabilimento militare armi leggere terni
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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    BeltFeds LLC 5.56×45mm NATO Conversion Kit for the M60 GPMG

    During the mid-2010s, BeltFeds LLC ( https://beltfeds.com/ ) advertised the 5.56×45mm NATO conversion kit for the M60 GPMG. The below YouTube video dated September 14, 2015, shows a short-barreled M60 machine gun being tested with the 5.56×45mm conversion kit installed: Despite online...
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    TRW Experimental 5.56×45mm NATO M14

    According to Kyle Wilson on Quora, TRW Inc. experimented with converting the M14 battle rifle to fire 5.56×45mm NATO from modified M16 magazines as shown below. Unfortunately, he does not cite the source of the image nor is there much information available online. Does anyone else have more...
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