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    Hotchkiss Mle 1914 in .30-06 Springfield

    In this YouTube video posted on June 15, 2023, a firearms specialist going by the username Mike Duke has converted and test-fired a Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun that has been rechambered for .30-06 Springfield. As Mike Duke explained to another YouTube user in the comments, the original parts...
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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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    Prop Aircraft conversions into Jets

    I've seen a few of these, examples being the Yak-15/Jumo Hybrids, the P-57 Airacobra, SAAB's J21R etc.. What others have you guys found across your researches?
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