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2020-05-15 Science & Technology

The Army's Next-Generation Squad Weapon is a big hit with special operators

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-15 09:51|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 This is a different 6.8 round, but that said, my 6.8 SPC with 26 in bbl is a tactical wonder.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-15 10:03|| 2020-05-15 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Who gets to replace over years the hundreds of millions of 5.56 rounds? Somebody should look into that. And the post retirement career paths of key decision makers.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-05-15 11:36|| 2020-05-15 11:36|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd have rather they used the 6.5 grendel, but hey, at least they're moving away from the .22...

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-05-15 12:19|| 2020-05-15 12:19|| Front Page Top

#4 It looks like the costs associated with trying to keep the 5.56 round viable are exceeding the costs of going to a larger round... That and those invested in the 5.56 round are getting old and senile.

Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-05-15 12:21|| 2020-05-15 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Agree, so 90's. I'll do my part and clear the Army inventory woes at, say $0.05/round.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-15 12:24|| 2020-05-15 12:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Enjoy the 556 fussilade if you come to my neighborhood peddling Fauci-Gates vaccine.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-15 12:29|| 2020-05-15 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 I do like the 5.56, but it does have some pretty serious shortcomings. Especially in the smaller M-4 barrel lengths and against concrete blocks that are so common in the ME.

If I get a bigger round that is almost the same weight, I'm all for it.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-05-15 13:52|| 2020-05-15 13:52|| Front Page Top

#8 ♪Reach out. ♫ Reach out and touch someone ♫

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-15 13:59|| 2020-05-15 13:59|| Front Page Top

#9 I recall when the Army dumped the carbine. Boy, that ammo went cheap. At one point, the NRA would sell you an M1 carbine for $20 as a premium for joining. Sort of like banks would give you a toaster or something.
Thing about the heavier--and heavier--round is that it reduces the cover capabilities of various pieces of terrain. What the 556 can't penetrate, the 6.8 can, which means that many fewer items--walls, trees, buildings, etc--are useful. Fewer positions from which to fight. Up to 7.62, fewer still. And then the Ma Deuce.

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Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-05-15 19:37|| 2020-05-15 19:37|| Front Page Top

#10 ..and against concrete blocks that are so common in the ME.

That's why dad or grandpa served in an Army that put a MaDuece on anything and everything with wheels or tracks or wings.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-15 20:33|| 2020-05-15 20:33|| Front Page Top

#11 On wheels or tracks no problem. Try carrying 100 rounds of 50 BMG in the jungle all day. Don't even ask about carrying Ma.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-15 21:01|| 2020-05-15 21:01|| Front Page Top

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