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Pretty much what it says on the tin.
I'm thinking (to take the U.S. as my example), if the *M2 (.30-'06 Short/7.62x40mm) was adopted in 1936, this means M1903 Springfields become surplus. Does it also mean no M1C? (I would say so.) Does it mean the M1911 can be surplused off, too?