Troy Industries is best known for the rifle that replaced what model in the US Army by 1961?
Troy Industries Troy Industries, Inc. is an American manufacturer of firearms and firearm parts based in West Springfield, Massachusetts. It is the manufacturer of parts on the Smith & Wesson M&P15 and is a United States government contractor. Troy is best known for its M14 rifle parts and its M7A1 carbine, which was reviewed by the United States armed forces when drafting requirements for a replacement of the M4 carbine.
Winchester Liberator The Winchester Liberator was a 1962 prototype 16-gauge, four-barrelled shotgun, similar to a scaled-up four-shot double action derringer. It was an implementation of the Hillberg Insurgency Weapon design. Robert Hillberg, the designer, envisioned a weapon that was cheap to manufacture, easy to use, and provided a significant chance of being effective in the hands of someone who had never handled a firearm before. Pistols and submachine guns were eliminated from consideration due to the training required to use them effectively. The shotgun was chosen because it provided a very high volume of fire with a high hit probability.