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could the WW2 model of what was called main battle rifle, wich is a semi-automatic firearm, fiering larger calibres than assult weapons, and with longer range, with some models capable of full automatic fire, be upgraded after WW2 and maitained in service at least till late 1980is, and suficient numbers produced to be cheap and avalable aniwhere

im thinking of something along the line of the SVT-40 that fires 7.62-54 round or a SKS model that fires the same calibre instead of the 7.62-39. kalasnjikov round

the diference i think this would make during and after the cold war, is the avalability of cheap firepower and longer range, in conflicts such as the war in afganistan, or later the war in yugoslavia, and the wars in the midlle east
annywhere longer range or power would come usefull
this could never replace the kalashnjikov, but would certainly be usefull in some situations, mountain warfare for instance

also this could mean such a weapon would be developed further durig the 80is and 90is, weight and blowback would probbably be reduced, alowing, perhaps, the development of a full-automatic asult rifle fiering 7.62-54mm calibre by 1999/2000 or earlier

would anny of this affect the current wars in the midle east? i mean if forces wearing western stile body armour were faced with a automatic weapon that fired a round with more penetration power than the clasic 7.62-39?

or if a strenghtened model of the SKS was calibrated for the 388 lapua round? or its cheaper soviet equivalent
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