1 posted on
04/05/2011 8:02:18 AM PDT by
re_tail20
To: re_tail20
6.8mm SPC all the way baby!
2 posted on
04/05/2011 8:04:16 AM PDT by
Perdogg
(What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
To: re_tail20
I wanna introduce you to a personal friend of mine. This is an M41A pulse rifle. Ten millimeter with over-and-under thirty millimeter pump action grenade launcher.
3 posted on
04/05/2011 8:08:49 AM PDT by
edpc
(Tagline under construction: Your American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work.)
To: re_tail20
“It will be at least a 500-meter weapon and have a higher incapacitation percentage’
Which rules out the standard 5.56 caliber.
5 posted on
04/05/2011 8:12:30 AM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: re_tail20
I hope they go back to .308 rather than the .223 poodle-shooter round. The “more rounds for less weight” argument made sense before battle robots. Let Big Dog or his descendants carry the ammo, and let the infantryman or soldier do the shooting.
6 posted on
04/05/2011 8:12:38 AM PDT by
backwoods-engineer
(Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
To: re_tail20
Rock River LAR-8 Elite Operator in 7.62 x 51 NATO. One bad mother soon to join the arsenal of Darth Vader!
8 posted on
04/05/2011 8:20:08 AM PDT by
DarthVader
(That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
To: re_tail20
14 posted on
04/05/2011 8:30:56 AM PDT by
Daffynition
(DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
To: re_tail20
I’ll believe it when I see it. The military keeps studying alternatives to the M-4 and then cancels the programs after spending millions.
15 posted on
04/05/2011 8:31:51 AM PDT by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: re_tail20
Using standard m4 uppers and lowers, add an 18" barrel with a full length gas system in 6.5 Grendel, Nickel-Boron bolt, ambi safety, magpul type bolt release, ambi mag release, ambi charging handle, UBR stock, flash suppressor/can combo, and add Optics to taste. This combination is going to be more accurate than all the piston rifles that will be presented, as well as being every bit as reliable. Old Mags will be reusable with modification. Round count is 25 as opposed to 30 in a standard mag.
Not only would this option be financially prudent it would also be the best battle rifle fielded by anyone anywhere. Which I think should be the point.
17 posted on
04/05/2011 8:40:03 AM PDT by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: re_tail20
I heard the democrat leadership organized a committee to compete for the Army contract. The design committee, it was said, was given UNprecedented freedom to think. They received only one directive from party bosses that cannot be ignored: The barrel must be U-shaped.
To: re_tail20
I just hope they come to a decision that they act on.
21 posted on
04/05/2011 9:20:57 AM PDT by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: re_tail20
It will be at least a 500-meter weapon... Thsi is the phrase which worries me. Is this supposed to be 500 meters effective range or maximum range? Unless the RFP is written to specify, a smart contractor could use this ambiguity to tie up a competition reward in protest.
26 posted on
04/05/2011 9:36:01 AM PDT by
Jonah Hex
("To Serve Manatee" is a cookbook!)
To: re_tail20
I bet after all this talk, the Army just punts, keeps the M4 and calls it “improved”.
29 posted on
04/05/2011 1:11:10 PM PDT by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: re_tail20
The wild card caliber:
300 Blackout. New from Remington. Built for the battlefield.
36 posted on
04/05/2011 7:54:31 PM PDT by
ctdonath2
(Great children's books - http://www.UsborneBooksGA.com)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
