https://www.armytimes.com/articles/...inside-the-armys-plan-to-ditch-the-m4-and-556
"After carrying the M16 or one of its cousins across the globe for more than half a century, soldiers could get a peek at a new prototype assault rifle that fires a larger round by 2020.
Army researchers are testing half a dozen ammunition variants in “intermediate calibers,” which falls between the current 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm rounds, to create a new light machine gun and inform the next-generation individual assault rifle/round combo.
The weapon designs being tested will be “unconventional,” officials said, and likely not one that is currently commercially available."
I've been reading over the last few years about a army research into several new weapons. The XM8 debacle comes to mind.
Of course, the U.S. Army recently replaced it's Beretta contracts with a Sig Sauer P320. It's just unfortunate that they're sticking with 9mm instead of switching to a larger round such as 40 SW or .45 ACP in my view.
https://www.armytimes.com/articles/glock-protests-armys-choice-of-sig-sauer-for-new-handgun
I have mixed feelings about this new search for a new standard issue rifle, but as long as it is better for the troops and is reasonably priced i don't see why not.
I just hope whatever it is, it's available to the public. Maybe they'll sell off their old stocks of 5.56/7.62 to the public. I doubt it given the liberal scum we have in Congress, but it would be nice to see ammo prices plummet.
"After carrying the M16 or one of its cousins across the globe for more than half a century, soldiers could get a peek at a new prototype assault rifle that fires a larger round by 2020.
Army researchers are testing half a dozen ammunition variants in “intermediate calibers,” which falls between the current 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm rounds, to create a new light machine gun and inform the next-generation individual assault rifle/round combo.
The weapon designs being tested will be “unconventional,” officials said, and likely not one that is currently commercially available."
I've been reading over the last few years about a army research into several new weapons. The XM8 debacle comes to mind.
Of course, the U.S. Army recently replaced it's Beretta contracts with a Sig Sauer P320. It's just unfortunate that they're sticking with 9mm instead of switching to a larger round such as 40 SW or .45 ACP in my view.
https://www.armytimes.com/articles/glock-protests-armys-choice-of-sig-sauer-for-new-handgun
I have mixed feelings about this new search for a new standard issue rifle, but as long as it is better for the troops and is reasonably priced i don't see why not.
I just hope whatever it is, it's available to the public. Maybe they'll sell off their old stocks of 5.56/7.62 to the public. I doubt it given the liberal scum we have in Congress, but it would be nice to see ammo prices plummet.
