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<blockquote data-quote="RugersGR8" data-source="post: 3183669" data-attributes="member: 56"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>(NGSAR) Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle </em></span></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/12/u-s-armys-next-rifle-fires-at-pressure-equivalent-to-a-tank/" target="_blank">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/12/u-s-armys-next-rifle-fires-at-pressure-equivalent-to-a-tank/</a></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">U.S. Army’s Next Rifle Fires at Pressure Equivalent to a Tank</span></strong></p><p>AWR Hawkins 12 Dec 2018</p><p></p><p><em>..."Task and Purpose quotes Col. Geoffrey A. Norman saying, “The chamber pressure for the standard assault rifle is around 45 KSI [kilopound per square inch], but we’re looking for between 60 and 80 KSI … the chamber pressure when an M1 Abrams tank fires is on that order.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Norman added, “We’re looking to reach out around 600 meters and have lethal effects even if the target is protected by body armor.”</em></p><p></p><p><em>The weapon, dubbed the Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR), is part of the Next Generation Weapons System and the goal is to have it ready for battle by 2022."...</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RugersGR8, post: 3183669, member: 56"] [B][SIZE=4][I](NGSAR) Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle [/I][/SIZE][/B] [URL]https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/12/u-s-armys-next-rifle-fires-at-pressure-equivalent-to-a-tank/[/URL] [B][SIZE=5]U.S. Army’s Next Rifle Fires at Pressure Equivalent to a Tank[/SIZE][/B] AWR Hawkins 12 Dec 2018 [I]..."Task and Purpose quotes Col. Geoffrey A. Norman saying, “The chamber pressure for the standard assault rifle is around 45 KSI [kilopound per square inch], but we’re looking for between 60 and 80 KSI … the chamber pressure when an M1 Abrams tank fires is on that order.” Norman added, “We’re looking to reach out around 600 meters and have lethal effects even if the target is protected by body armor.”[/I] [I]The weapon, dubbed the Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR), is part of the Next Generation Weapons System and the goal is to have it ready for battle by 2022."...[/I] [/QUOTE]
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