otomik
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i heard that smith and wesson made an aluminum frame 9mm in hopes of winning a military contract in the fifties when the us military was first thinking of switching (they didn't because all the 1911s were relatively new).
got me thinking, has there ever been a case of a NATO country adopting a major new weapon not in a NATO caliber? be it the former standard of 7.62x51mm, 5.56x45mm or 9x19mm? the only case i can think of would be the USA with the M-16 and 5.56mm. maybe there's more obscure examples in the realm of tank munitions or artillery.
Does STANAG always win out? what are the reprocussions of willfully not following STANAG? did the europeans get in a big huff about our 5.56mm rifle at the time of it's adoption?
got me thinking, has there ever been a case of a NATO country adopting a major new weapon not in a NATO caliber? be it the former standard of 7.62x51mm, 5.56x45mm or 9x19mm? the only case i can think of would be the USA with the M-16 and 5.56mm. maybe there's more obscure examples in the realm of tank munitions or artillery.
Does STANAG always win out? what are the reprocussions of willfully not following STANAG? did the europeans get in a big huff about our 5.56mm rifle at the time of it's adoption?