The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the .30-06 Springfield cartridge (7.62×63mm in metric notation). The cartridge was originally developed from the round-nosed .30-03 Springfield cartridge as a response to the adoption of spitzer bullets by various European armies in the late 19th to early 20th century. It was the service cartridge of the U.S. military from its adoption in 1906 until 1957, when it started being replaced by 7.62×51mm NATO as the standard U.S. military cartridge. The .30-06 is still common in the 21st century as a popular cartridge for hunting, notably in North America.
This table is sortable for every column. +NameTypeCountryImageYears of serviceNotesFN Model 24 and Model 30Bolt-action rifle1924–1986Export variants.FN Model 1949Semi-automatic rifle1949–1982FN Model DLight machine gun1940s–Belgian variant of M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle.Mosquetão Itajubá M1949Bolt-action rifle1949–1968Variant of Model 1908/34 short rifle.Mosquetão Itajubá M954Bolt-action rifle1954–1968Mosquetão M1949 variant with ability to launch rifle grenade.Mosquetão Semi-Automático M954Semi-automatic rifle1954–1964Brazilian variant of Gewehr 43.Lewis Assault Phase RifleAutomatic rifle1918Prototype and testing only.https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-275544https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/06/21/forward-thinking-lewis-assault-phase-rifle-2/Madsen M47Bolt-action rifle1951–1960sMadsen machine gunLight machine gun1946–Export variants.Madsen-Saetter machine gunGeneral-purpose machine gun1952–presentBreda Bren gunLight machine gun1959–1970sItalian variant of the British Bren gun, made by Breda.Mexican Mauser Model 1954Bolt-action rifle1954–presentMendoza RM2Light machine gun1947–K98kF1Bolt-action rifle1953–presentRechambered from the original 7.92×57mm Mauser.MG34F1General-purpose machine gun1953–1970sRechambered from the original 7.92×57mm Mauser.SIG MG 50General-purpose machine gun1951–Type 41 light machine gunLight machine gun1950s–Taiwanese variant of the British Bren gun.M1903 SpringfieldBolt-action rifle1906–1970sM1917 EnfieldBolt-action rifle1917–presentWinchester Model 70Bolt-action rifle1936–presentM1922 Bang rifleSemi-automatic rifle1922Prototype and testing only.Thompson AutorifleSemi-automatic rifle1923Prototype and testing only.M1 GarandSemi-automatic rifle1936–presentM8 /X01 "Garage Gun"https://www.instmiltech.com/halls/Battle rifle1950sPrototype and testing only.M1941 Johnson rifleSemi-automatic rifle1941–1961M1947 Johnson auto carbineSemi-automatic rifle1947Derived from M1941 Johnson machine gun.Model 45ABattle rifle / Automatic rifle1945Prototype and testing only.Sieg automatic rifleBattle rifle / Automatic rifle1946Prototype and testing only.M1903-06 GatlingHeavy machine gun1906–1911.30-06 Springfield variant of the Gatling gun.Paul Wahl and Don Toppel, The Gatling Gun, Arco Publishing, 1971, p. 155.M1904 MaximHeavy machine gun1906–1918US variant of the Maxim machine gun.M1909 Benét–MerciéLight machine gun1909–1918US variant of the French Hotchkiss M1909.M1915 Colt–VickersHeavy machine gun1917–1945US variant of the British Vickers machine gun.M1917 Browning machine gunHeavy machine gun1917–1970sM1917 Marlin RockwellLight machine gun1917–1920sBased on the M1895 Colt–Browning.M1917 LewisLight machine gun1917–1945US variant of the British Lewis gun.M1918 LewisLight machine gun1918–1945Aircraft gun variant of the M1917 Lewis.M1918 ChauchatLight machine gun / Automatic rifle1918US variant of the French Chauchat.M1918 Browning Automatic RifleLight machine gun / Automatic rifle1918–1990sM1919 Browning machine gunMedium machine gun1919–present.30 AN/M2Light machine gun1930s–1940sAircraft mounted variant of M1919M1941 Johnson machine gunLight machine gun1940–1961M2 StingerLight machine gun1943–1945Field modification variant of .30 AN/M2T24 machine gunGeneral-purpose machine gun1944Copy of the MG 42. Prototype and testing only.
See also List of 7.62×51mm NATO firearms List of 7.62×54mmR firearms List of 7.92×57mm Mauser firearms .303 British 7.5×54mm
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