.30-06 Springfield

The .30-06 Springfield cartridge, 7.62×63mm in metric notation, and called the .30 Gov't '06 by Winchester, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and later standardized; it remained in military use until the late 1970s. In the cartridge's name, ".30" refers to the nominal caliber of the bullet in inches; "06" refers to the year the cartridge was adopted, 1906. It replaced the .30-03 Springfield, 6mm Lee Navy, and .30-40 Krag cartridges. The .30-06 remained the U.S. Army's primary rifle and machine gun cartridge for nearly 50 years before being replaced in 1957 by the 7.62×51mm NATO and 5.56×45mm NATO, both of which remain in current U.S. and NATO service. The cartridge remains a very popular sporting round, with ammunition produced by all major manufacturers.

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1906  Wikimedia, Wikidata
.30-06; 7.62×63mm
rifle cartridge, 

.224 Boz, .244 H&H Magnum, .246 Purdey, .260 Remington, .270 British, .276 Enfield, .280 British, .280 Remington, rifle, 

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World War I

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Frameless

Kulpatron

Kulpatron (cropped)

.30-06 ammunition

30-06-sabot

111-SC-21219 - NARA - 55202142

Bakande

Western Cartridge Corporation advertisement

Cartridge Sample 2

Garand clip

Ammo 30cal belt 1942

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Kulpatron		Commons
commons	image		Kulpatron (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		.30-06 ammunition		Commons
commons	image		30-06-sabot		Commons
commons	image		111-SC-21219 - NARA - 55202142		Commons
commons	image		Bakande		Commons
commons	image		Western Cartridge Corporation advertisement		Commons
commons	image		Cartridge Sample 2		Commons
commons	image		Garand clip		Commons
commons	image		Ammo 30cal belt 1942		Commons