Steveo wrote in message ...
"Landshark" wrote:
The main weapon in 1936 was the Springfield 1903, 30.06 bolt
action rifle. The same year, the military adopted the M1 garand,
of course a few years later, very few had been produced for the
military and even less had been issued to the troops. When war
broke out, they then kicked production into full swing, but it took
time to produce, pack, ship, issue to the troops.

Landshark

Isn't it true that they were afraid to issue the best weapon, the BAR, cuz
they were afraid the Germans would get ahold of it and clone it?

Nope. The Germans already had MG 34's and MG 42's. By the way, the
M-60 is a post WW2 knockoff of the MG 42.