10 May 2023

Trivia

Did you know that .30-06 lasted in "front-line" service a lot longer than most people think?

The M37 machine gun is a coaxial MG developed from the M1919.  It retains the caliber.

It's adopted in 1955 and hangs on until replaced by the, inferior, M73.  Nominally in 1959, but the poor performance of the M73, M73A1 and M219 meant it was kept on until the early '70's.

That means that several M48 tank units took .30-06 to war in Vietnam.

That's interesting to me.

It also lines up with why the M2 ball Marv bought has Lake City '68 head stamps.

Posted by Angus McThag at 23:28
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2 comments:

  1. Beans11 May, 2023 02:27

    I read that some of the abortions of machine guns foisted off on the services that were chambered in .308 were gawd-aweful. Thanks for listing them.

    Nothing really wrong with .30-06. Even though it was a 2nd gen smokeless powder round, it still holds up.

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  2. Anonymous11 May, 2023 09:57

    Didn't the Navy keep the M1 Garand longer than anyone else? I notice they still use them for drill teams, obviously de-milled like those parade rifles always are. I know they also converted a lot of their Garands to 7.62 NATO in the early 1960s too. Whether you consider any Navy use "front line" is another thing though, and certainly parades doesn't qualify.

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