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=== [[Real Life]] ===
* Kind of [[Truth in Television]] for armies of the world. The less kinds of ammo you have to stock and distribute, the easier it is to supply your troops. Imagine the logistics nightmare during World War II for the U.S., when any one squad needed .30-06 (M1 Garand and M1914 Machine gun, one of which
* The Colt Single Action Army Revolver or "Peacemaker" was available in .44-40 Winchester, which made it's ammunition interchangeable with the Winchester Model 1873 lever action rifle. A useful trait in the wild west.
* Fabrique Nationale's P90 Personal Defense Weapon and Five-seveN pistol share the same ammo, the 5.7x28mm cartridge, expressly designed for both guns. The [[wikipedia:AR-57|AR-57]] goes one step further - it is an upper receiver for AR-15 rifles that can be used to make them fire 5.7mm bullets, even loading them from the exact same magazines designed for the P90.
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