10 years to re quip

and the US didn't have any machineguns in .276

For a long time we didn’t have an MG in 5.56 either

They changed cartridges halfway through Nam

If a 276 garand was accepted in 36 it gives them 5 years to prepare

Also consider this: 276 BAR

yea, but it was far more advantageous logistically to have one caliber in that scale of a conflict

Yes

But they weren’t aware they’d be dragged into a war that large

BAR is just meh any way you slice it

On the other hand there’s also the chance you’d wind up with a Russia situation

Or, well, a P13 scenario more likely

“War were declared, convert the Garand to standard 30-06 and use the 1903 in the meantime”

so a slower fielding than what happened

actually, I'm sure the M1919 or 1917s could have been converted to .276 without too much trouble

Well yeah

That was what I was attempting to get at

Did the 1919 use a similar action to the maxim?

For the US a switch to 276 wouldn’t have been a big hurdle

Nah the maxim is toggle locked

Did it still do the pull the cartridge out of the belt rearward thing?

yup

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nZVyWD_wUvI/maxresdefault.jpg

Is that in 7.62x54R?

Yeah since the conversion is really simple it was done to a bunch to shoot cheaper ammo when 54r was cheap

Swap the bolt and change the barrel and tada

The PKM does a rearward pullout too, I don't remember the specifics of that mechanism tho

it's even more simple

has a machined and tempered extractor that springs over and snaps onto the rim

that's all you need for the 1919 x54r conversion

and apparently israeli .308 links

and lube them

sounds like a nightmare

oh damn, someone made a 7.62x39 conversion for them

that's pretty cool

That would be neat

Welrod belt fed

uh, so an integrally suppressed belt fed with no gas system

got it

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