US Army Considers Adopting an Interim Battle Rifle in 7.62NATO: eventually adopt 6.5
There was also:

Gibara Rebellion in Cuba 1931
Manchurian Incident 1931
Greco-Bulgarin border clashes 1931
The Chinese Soviet Republic 1931-1934
Military Coup in Ecuador 1931
Republican Revolution in Spain 1931
Irgun Terrorism in Palestine 1931-1948
Kurdish Rebellion in Iraq 1932
Promoter's Coup in Thailand 1932
Sino-Japanese War of Shanghai 1932
Bonus Marchers in Washington DC 1932 (Army Chief of Staff, Douglas MacArthur, dispersed the veterans and their families and burned their camps using coordinated armor and cavalry, including shots fired and veterans slain.)

1932 was a really busy year for assassinations, conflict, skirmishes, revolutions, revolts, coups, insurrections, and protestors even within the US. Given the amount of global conflict and internal discord, it's reasonable to ask whether someone at the Army Chief of Staff level just might have been a little apprehensive about adopting a new cartridge in the middle of a Depression and uncertainty, especially if his office was privy to diplomatic cable summaries distributed to the War Department.
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US Army Considers Adopting an Interim Battle Rifle in 7.62NATO: eventually adopt 6.5 - by LRRPF52 - 09-12-2017, 05:48 PM

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