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==Military firearms using the .30-06 cartridge== {{Main article|List of .30-06 Springfield firearms}} {{Unreferenced section|date=January 2021}} [[File:Marineflametank1968.jpg|thumb|right|View from the turret of an [[M67 flame thrower tank|M67 "Zippo"]]. On the right is a mounted [[M1919 Browning machine gun]] with an attached box of linked .30-06 ammunition.]] ===Rifles=== *[[M1903 Springfield rifle|M1903/M1903A3]] bolt-action rifle using [[Mauser]]-licensed 5-round [[stripper clip]]s *[[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 gun was chambered for .30-06 *[[Chauchat|M1918 Chauchat]]: The US used a mix of Chauchats in .30-06 and 8 mm Lebel *[[Vickers machine gun]] *[[Bren light machine gun|Breda Bren]]Johnston light machine gun *[[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 *[[Johnston light machine gun]] *[[M1917 Browning machine gun|M1917 machine gun]] water-cooled *[[M1919 Browning machine gun|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 *[[M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun#World War I|Marlin machine gun]]: Similar to the [[M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun|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 machine gun|M1941 Johnson LMG]]: feeding from 20-round side-loading magazine.
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