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Are you going to name them all?
Thank you and very good. The caption saysMy guesses at what these cartridges are, there are 2 that could be several possible cartridges each, so I am not trying to guess them, there are 3 I have no idea on. There are 17 shown, starting from the left in the image:
1. .276 Enfield Pattern 13
2. 6.5 x 50SR Arisaka
3. .276 Pedersen
4. Some kind of 6.8
5. .280 British
6. Unk possible 6 or 6.25mm?
7. Unk possible 6 or 6.25mm?
8. Unk possible 6mm?
9. 7.62 NATO
10. 5.56 NATO
11. 6.8 SPC
12. 6.5 Grendel
13. Unk possible 7mm
14. 7.62 x 54R
15. 7.62 x 39
16. 5.45 x 39
17. 5.8 x 42 Chinese ?
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Odd. We have come full circle. The P13 was deliberately chosen for long range accurate target shooting. Because the Boers were showing the way.
1st part is right but the second is rather iffy. Long bayonets look good in a group (bring back the Greek phalanx?) and according to wiki " The design was intended to give the average Japanese infantryman a long enough reach to pierce the abdomen of a cavalryman" sicking this thing on longer than average Japanese rifle actually gave the Japanese soldier a rather clumsy weapon for really close quarters work unless they dismounted it and used it as a short sword.I sincerely doubt a rifle can ever be built that can shoot targets 1km away and then can be used in CQB like a Sten.
The Arisaka got around that by having a chuffing huge bayonet for close ups and of course a rifle is made of wood so use it as a club.
Hold that thoughtSize of rifle is important as can't be too heavy and has to fit into a jeep or helicopter. Something Mauser was not aware of! So bullpup or folding collapsing stock?
.The best option is M16 for ranges of 3cm to 300 metres and designated marksman for 800 metres carrying M14/Dragunov semi auto. Hmm just described the Soviet order of things
Yep and the Model T Ford was a better car than post 2000 Honda Accord tooI do find it quite odd that the P14 would beat any modern assault rifle in long distance sniping. Shows that the old guys didn't need computer aided design and carbon composite to blow a hole in your targets noggin.
Well, not in the military, but in the public sector, the P17 (or a version of it, anyway) soldiered on as the Remington Model 30 for many years.So why wasn't the P14 kept o. If the plan was to replace the SMLE?
Why wasn't the P13 picked up again after the war if the .276 cartridge was a good idea?
Why did the Enfield 1917 not replace the Springfield in American service after the war if it was more numerous?
Seemed that both the P14 and the M1917 Enfield disappeared even thought it merited better