"In a shocking video shown today, famed musician Kenny G aimed his Assault Rifle at the audience!"
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Posted on 06/08/2022 5:14:20 AM PDT by mabarker1
Introducing the Rattler chambered in .300 Blackout gives SOF troops a good combination of rifle and round for covert missions in tight spots.
U.S. special operators are finally getting ultra-compact personal defense weapons, or PDWs, chambered in .300 Blackout and standard 5.56x45mm ammunition to blast out of tight spots with a wallop similar to a full-size assault rifle. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) on May 19 issued a notice of intent to buy Sig’s MCX Rattler short-barreled rifles as personal defense weapons, or PDWs, under a five-year sole-source contract. No contract has been awarded yet and how many of these compact weapons SOCOM will buy is unclear. “After years of continuous market research, USSOCOM HQ has concluded that Sig Sauer is the only vendor that can fulfill USSOCOM’s need for the commercial PDW requirement,” the notice, posted to the U.S. government’s primary contracting website, said.
Commercial, off-the-shelf Rattlers will come with suppressors, cleaning kits, magazines, quick barrel-change kits and training kits. The version chambered in 5.56mm uses ammunition compatible with the larger M4A1 carbine and other standard-issue infantry rifles in the U.S. inventory. SOCOM specifically wanted a rifle chambered in .300 Blackout, designed by Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC) in cooperation with Remington in the late 2000s. The cartridge was developed primarily in two flavors that can be used interchangeably in the same firearm configuration. One was to roughly match the ballistic performance of the Soviet-developed 7.62x39mm round, retaining accuracy and power when fired from a weapon with an extremely short barrel. The other includes a heavier bullet that is subsonic and ideal for suppression and close-quarters combat.
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Years ago, there was some Guard troop on a local radio show. He was saying that he carried an M-16A2 in the sandbox, by preference. He said one young troop once said “Lemme have a look at that musket, Pops.”
Those Russians sure love their artillery!
Heck, I’ll take one of their old WWII Katusha trucks!
“Doesn’t seem like a practical round to me”
Its not. Its slow and doesn’t hit that hard.
😎
Additionally: I do not trust any country with a region called "Dumbass".
The 30mm GAU-8 is the ultimate PDW (except for the part about it being 20 feet long and weighing 600 lbs).
There are parts of my body that are 20 feet long and weigh 600 lbs.
Yeah...you need a 10-22.
” He was saying that he carried an M-16A2”
Optics is a great thing to have but so is that iron sighted no-nonsense 20” barrel A2. Everyone should have one.
I actually do, in real life.
“Additionally: I do not trust any country with a region called “Dumbass”.”
Like Dumas, Texas!
I figgered.
“There are parts of my body that are 20 feet long and weigh 600 lbs.”
Yeah, we’ve heard about those big toes of yours.
Please post the video here after you’re done with the ER!
I have 2 Class III AR-15s; one is a 14” SBR w/ Suppressor, the other is a 20” w/ Suppressor. Good for CQT (Close Quarters Tactical) fighting.
for msot situations yes, however 300 AAC suppressed is actually pretty awesome, subsonic rounds are super quiet and even standard velocity with a suppressor is a whole loto harder to zero in on location.
Pretty accurate too
Know a lot former military and contractors and nearly all of them say the people with the best chances when/if things totally go to shit will be running suppressed weapons, NODS, and doing their business in the dark-—can’t disagree with them.
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LOL
Indeed only one missing is the 2x4.
As a retired Army and Air Force vet, I must say I was taken aback to see something so woke and perverse associated with my Devil Dog brethren.
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