8th month of the year … I guess that means something but I don’t have it in me to come up with some witty paragraph that encompasses our autistic love of firearms and near radical hatred of our current government so just use your imagination to pretend I said something profound but also hilarious.
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Actual serious topic but what do people think about the military trials with the new 6.8 round? I don’t understand why they want to universally replace 5.56. It’s an excellent round for what it is designed for but no shit it doesn’t have the range of 7.62 NATO. The army is making a mistake for trying to have one round do everything. History has shown that it is easier to have one round for logistics that there is no be all end all round. I think the army is making a mistake if they switch fully to 6.8. It doesn’t make sense for urban combat because it’s so damn loud and recoils way more than 5.56. It makes sense to have DMRs in the squad with a heavier round and LMG guys too but not smart for all infantry. I don’t have a 6.5 meme more gun but that round is just a better version of 7.62 NATO from what I’ve read so why don’t you just use that for LMGs and DMRs. It’s a proven round and spec ops is already using it for DMR roles. Seems like our corrupt government just wants to hang SIG more money than make the right decision
Uh sorry I forgot my Wendy’s order
Wanting to have one round that does everything seems an awful lot like the design of the F35: a jet that fills many roles and is mediocre at all of them.
The youtube channel Task and Purpose had some surprisingly great points about the polymer cases that I wouldn't have thought of.
While it might not be that much for everyday foot sloggers, it's' a huge design leap forward for helicopters and gunships. The considerable weight reduction of ammo is huge for airships to either allow them to carry more ammo/gear, or conserve more fuel and potentially linger near the vital areas longer.
Also, the fact that the polymer casings do a phenomenal job insulating machine gun receivers from heat instead of conducting it means that the barrel is about the only thing that will really heat up quickly. Saw the T&P guy fire a belt through one of the LMGs, and then pop the top, and laid his hand on the inside of the gun, and it didn't fry like an egg, which is neat.
Here's the video, it's definitely worth a watch.
The low amount of heat was suprising and that made it harder to appear on nv.
The military will waste a few billion then abandon it.
Are you talking about Sig's new 6.8 round? Cuz that is a whole different beast than the previous 6.8's they have discussed. Big claim to fame there is the steal base to the cases, which let's them ramp pressure way the fuck up there compared to brass case rounds. I do believe it significantly outranges 7.62x51, and it does it from shorter barrels, with a lower ammunition weight.
They seem to be switching gears to a world where we fight a peer power, and the 5.56 starts falling down when you have opponents that can afford general issue body armor. They are probably going to accept more recoil and weight even in short range engagement to penetrate armor.
Either way, they are deploying it first in SAW form to get that added range over current gen systems.
Gearing up the equipment, but weakening the personnel and training? Ffs we have had at least 2 occasions in recent memory where the navy crashed their ships into each other. I'm not even getting started on the other shit goin on there.
I mean the meme about personnel being up to date on equality and harassment training but deficient on actual warfighting skills isn't that far off the mark it seems.