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In light of the recent small arms threads and what ifs, I decided to try my hand at it. During World War II, the US tried creating a copy of the MG-42, the T24 machine gun. Chambered for .30-06 instead of the original 7.92x57mm, it was considered as a replacement for both the BAR, and the M1919 Browning, however during testing the copy failed. What if the test had succeeded, and the US put it into production? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T24_machine_gun
Some photos: http://www.forgottenweapons.com/lorem-ipsum/light-machine-guns/us-t24-machine-gun-mg42