What if the 7mm X 44mm intermediate rifle cartridge developed for the EM2 rifle and backed by Britain, Belgium and Canada?
Britain and the Commonwealth Nations adopt the EM2, Belgium and other countries equip themselves with a version of the FN FAL and the US Army fights Vietnam with the .280 AR10 (M11? M14? M16?).
Does France stick with it's full power 7.5mm round or does shift to an intermediate round rifle in the 50's or 60's and if it does does it adopt the .280 or go it's own way (FYI the 5.56mm fired from the FAMAS is slightly different from the NATO bullet)? The .280 might benefit from the fact that it was developed and backed by someone else than the Americans.
Does Switzerland do the same as France when it comes to the Stgw. 57?
Does Baretta still develop a rifle based on the Garand for the Italian Army?
Does the Soviet Union adopt an intermediate round of it's own in the 60's rather than the 70's (maybe between 6.5 and 7 mm)?
Britain and the Commonwealth Nations adopt the EM2, Belgium and other countries equip themselves with a version of the FN FAL and the US Army fights Vietnam with the .280 AR10 (M11? M14? M16?).
Does France stick with it's full power 7.5mm round or does shift to an intermediate round rifle in the 50's or 60's and if it does does it adopt the .280 or go it's own way (FYI the 5.56mm fired from the FAMAS is slightly different from the NATO bullet)? The .280 might benefit from the fact that it was developed and backed by someone else than the Americans.
Does Switzerland do the same as France when it comes to the Stgw. 57?
Does Baretta still develop a rifle based on the Garand for the Italian Army?
Does the Soviet Union adopt an intermediate round of it's own in the 60's rather than the 70's (maybe between 6.5 and 7 mm)?