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Originally Posted by jester
I have included the M16A1 and the M14 and M1 Carbines as well as the old M3 Greasegun being issued in numbers, and yes I have even issued units with M1 Garands with a new barrel to handle the 7.62 Nato round or retaining the 30-06 for use at home in the U.S. since ammo is almost universal.
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Jester,
I know in the era of Twilight 2000, the US Army armored vehicles (tanks, CEV, M88) had M3 as part of the vehicle issue.
As for modifying the '06 for use to the 7.62 NATO, a rebarreling is NOT necessary. A chamber insert, which can be purchased now for about $10 on open market, or could the last I bothered to look, was all that was needed. When the US switched to the NATO standard that is what they used in Garands. Sliped it in, and it seated on the first round fired. The only physical difference in the rounds is the shorter neck on the NATO round.
Grae