Kynoch
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It's 1938, you're a patriotic American living in Thermopolis, Wyoming and you have designed a firearm identical to what would become the AK47 chambered in what would become .223 Remington. Your design drawings are complete. You have built a dozen prototypes and you have reams of testing data. It works perfectly and you have 100K rounds of loaded .223 rounds (you had the brass made to your design) on hand. You submit your design to the US Gov't. What would have been the likely outcome?
* Despite savvy lobbying by one of your US senators, no one is interested at the War Department.
* The design is enthusiastically accepted. It puts an end to the the Thompson submachine gun's life and neither the M3 Grease Gun nor the M1 Carbine are ever put into production.
* The design is accepted and takes the place of ALL US small arms during WWII including the M1 Garand that is in development over at the Springfield Armory.
Being so easy and cheap to make does the USA share it with its allies? WEll after WWII does the M16 ever get designed and adopted by the US Military?
* Despite savvy lobbying by one of your US senators, no one is interested at the War Department.
* The design is enthusiastically accepted. It puts an end to the the Thompson submachine gun's life and neither the M3 Grease Gun nor the M1 Carbine are ever put into production.
* The design is accepted and takes the place of ALL US small arms during WWII including the M1 Garand that is in development over at the Springfield Armory.
Being so easy and cheap to make does the USA share it with its allies? WEll after WWII does the M16 ever get designed and adopted by the US Military?
