Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "BM59: The Italian M14" video.

  1. Probably because the US was more focused in rigging the tests so that they could have an excuse to not adopt a foreign rifle, than they were in actually doing proper development of the M14.
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  2. Yep, FN is a major supplier of the M4 and IIRC the only company that still makes the rifle-length M16 for military contracts. FN is such a major supplier of the US military that they opened up a factor in South Carolina to handle the orders. But back in the 50s it was completely unacceptable to buy from them, just because.
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  3. agurjaunak Ultimately, I blame MacArthur. If not for his penny-pinching refusal to accept the .276 caliber Garand because there were already so many .30-06 rounds in inventory, the US Army would've already been using a 7mm. Which would've made it pretty much impossible to object to the .280 British round on the basis of its caliber.
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