.30-06 Springfield-5

headstamp of .30 G1z.
Cartridge S.A, tracer .30 inch G Mark 2z: This was made under contract by Fabrique
Nationale in the 1970s and is paired with .30 ball MK 5z. It is the same as the G Mark 1z,
except it has a non-corrosive Berdan primer. It is marked with a red bullet tip and has a
headstamp of .30 G2z.
Cartridge S.A., incendiary .30 inch B Mark Iz: US-made incendiary M1 cartridges.
Cartridge S.A., incendiary .30 inch B Mark IIz: UK-made incendiary M1 cartridges.
Cartridge S.A., drill .30 inch Mark I: This was the War Ministry's designation for the US
dummy M40 round. It had green paint on its flutes.
Cartridge S.A., drill .30 inch Mark II: US dummy M40 round made by the UK from used US
.30-06 cases. It had a recapped headstamp, ball or AP bullet over a wooden dowel, and red
paint on its flutes.
Cartridge S.A., drill .30 inch Mark III: Training cartridge made by the Indian Army. Although
described and specified in a 1945 ammunition manual, no copies have been discovered.
Cartridge S.A., drill .30 inch Mark IV:
Cartridge S.A., drill .30 inch Mark 5:
French Union
The .30-06 round was adopted in 1949 for use in American war surplus military aid weapons like
the M1 Garand and M1919 medium machinegun. Military production was from the 1950s to the
mid-1960s, while export production to French Union nations lasted until the late 1980s. Cartridge
cases were softer than US specifications to prohibit their being recovered and reloaded by
insurgents.
7.62mm Modele 1949 Cartouche à Balle Ordinaire: This cartridge was based on the USGI
.30-06 ball M2 (alternate) round. It had a cupro-nickel- or gilding-metal-clad steel jacket with
either a brass or lacquered Parkerized steel case with a Berdan primer.
7.62mm Modele 1951 Cartouche à blanc pour Fusil: This blank cartridge has a papier-
mâché bullet for training use in rifles. The bullet is painted green to tell it apart from regular
ammo.
7.62mm Modele 1951 Cartouche à blanc pour Fusil-Mitrailleur: This blank cartridge has a
wooden bullet for training use in machineguns. The bullet is painted or tinted blue to tell it apart
from regular ammo.
7.62mm Modele 1952 Cartouche à blanc: This blank cartridge has a lacquered Parkerized
steel case and is sealed by a blue cardboard disc at the case mouth.
Military firearms using the .30-06 cartridge
Rifles
M1903/M1903A3 bolt-action rifle using Mauser-licensed 5-round stripper clips
M1917 Enfield rifle: loading from 5-round Mauser-style stripper clips
Itajuba Model 954 Mosquetao
M1 Garand: loads by inserting an 8-round Mannlicher-type en bloc clip. The clip is ejected
upon either firing the last round or pressing a release button on the magazine.
M1941 Johnson rifle: feeding from a 10-round internal rotary magazine, loading from 5-round
stripper clips
M1947 Johnson auto carbine
Model 45A: prototype bullpup using 20-round M1918 BAR magazines
Sheppard autorifle: prototype
Sieg automatic rifle: prototype
Springfield 1903 primer-actuated rifle
Thompson autorifle: prototype
Thompson .30-06 submachine gun: prototype
FN Model 1949
Machine guns
Gatling gun: Some U.S. Gatling guns were re-chambered
for .30-06
Model 1909 machine rifle: The Benét–Mercié light machine
View from the turret of an M67
gun was chambered for .30-06
"Zippo". On the right is a mounted
M1918 Chauchat: The US used a mix of Chauchats in .30- M1919 Browning machine gun with
06 and 8 mm Lebel
an attached box of linked .30-06
Vickers machine gun ammunition.
Breda Bren
Lewis gun: The US used a limited amount of Lewis guns
chambered in .30-06 in both World War I and World War II
FN Mle 1930: Used by Belgium in .30-06
M1917 machine gun water-cooled
M1919 machine gun, M37 machine gun, and AN/M2 aircraft machine gun. All air-cooled
machine guns feeding from belts.
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle: loading from detachable 20-round magazines
Marlin machine gun: Similar to the Colt–Browning machine gun ('Potato Digger'), but without
the swinging 'digger' piston (linear gas-action piston replacing the swinging action), and used
mainly on aircraft.
M1941 Johnson LMG: feeding from 20-round side-loading magazine.
See also
.303 British
7.65x53mm Mauser
7 mm caliber
Caliber conversion sleeve
Delta L problem
.30-06 Springfield wildcat cartridges
List of rifle cartridges
Sectional density
Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
References
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C.I.P. decisions, texts and tables (free current C.I.P. CD-ROM version download (https://web.ar
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(ZIP and RAR format)
External links
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