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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...
    • Christopher Wang
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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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    M60E6 GPMG with 22.0-inch Barrel

    Here are a pair of photos of the M60E6 GPMG with what appears to be the standard 22.0-inch long barrel. Most photos I have seen of the M60E6 show them using the shorter assault barrels. Source: https://www.sturmgewehr.com/forums/index.php?/topic/30945-withdrawn-excellent-transferrable-m60e6/
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    British/French WW2-era 0.5in Aircraft Machine Guns.

    It has always been a subject of some controversy as to why the British stuck with the rather paltry 0.303in calibre for aircraft machine guns. To address this Both BSA and ROLLS-ROYCE developed a 0.5in calibre AMG, the latter apparently quite successful (though strangely, never adopted) and the...
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    GAU-7 : Gun for the F-15

    Has any-one pictures or drawings of the proposed GAU-7 caseless ammo gun for the F-15? I can't find any :'(
    • ikke666
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    • air defence air superiority aircraft cannon/guns close air support cold war dogfight f-15 f-x program (usaf) fighter flechette interceptor machine cannon machine gun tactical air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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