Agreed, plus the other problem is that the weight of high-BC 7mm bullets means that the weight saving over 7.62mm M80 may be too small to be worth bothering with.
The Grendel provides the superior...
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Agreed, plus the other problem is that the weight of high-BC 7mm bullets means that the weight saving over 7.62mm M80 may be too small to be worth bothering with.
The Grendel provides the superior...
A 6.5mm lead-free bullet could weigh 7 g (108 grains), maybe a bit more. That's 75% more than the 4g M855, while the 9.5g 7.62mm M80 weighs only 35% more than the 7g. So even if all else is equal...
Was this the one which involved testing the MP7 and P90? This is somewhat OT, but I never did hear the outcome of that - can the conclusions be revealed?
Yes, there are more moving parts, but the key question is whether the system can be made to work reliably under combat conditions. That can depend more on the fine detail of the design than on the...
I think that's an important point which is almost always ignored by western gun designers. I've seen the recoil impact chart for the M4 and that shows two peaks: the first when the bullet and...
The 6.45x48 used a case with the same overall diameter as the 7.62x51 so, yes, it was in a similar size class to the 6.5x47 Lapua, 6.5mm Creedmore and .260 Rem. Which is to say, much bigger than the...
You surely don't expect lawyers to agree on such issues, do you? They make their living from disagreeing with other lawyers, after all....
By and large, the US takes a more robust approach to...
The Hague provisions have effectively been rolled up into the Geneva Conventions which are considered to be binding on any country engaged in warfare, so the debates about who signed what are rather...
The key issue with lead-free bullets (by which I mean with some mix of copper and steel - tungsten is too expensive for general use and has its own toxicity issues) is that they are less dense than...
Interesting that the New Zealand army has decided to replace their 5.56mm Minimis with the 7.62mm flavour:...
Well, bullpups which match the M4's controls are in service. A bullpup which is fully ambidextrous is in service, and so are a couple of others which can be used left-handed if need be, plus the...
The problem is that most of the big purchasers of small arms (especially the USA) have a strong cultural preference for the traditional layout. Apparently mainly because it's traditional. As it costs...
Fusion power is a theoretical possibility. A decent bullpup could be made today, using existing technology.
If it isn't discussed, no-one will realise that there is a need it could meet, and...
True, but there are several which come close in different ways.
The Tavor X95 offers an M4-style control layout, even including the mag release, but is not ambidextrous except with a lot of...
Of course, if a long barrel is needed to extract the performance you want without going to a bigger and more powerful cartridge, then there's an obvious answer...work on a decent* bullpup design, and...
For the last couple of decades of its existence, the British .303 came in two ball loadings: the Mk VII for mag-fed weapons, and the Mk VIII (a higher pressure loading with different propellant and a...
Tell that to the Marines :p
The L86A1 had various problems, but it went through HK's magic repair shop and is now a decent weapon. It is very accurate and the long barrel means it can squeeze all there is to get from the 5.56mm...
The BA didn't have one before Iraq - they had an IAR instead (L86 LSW). As a result of the close-range fighting in Iraq they decided they needed the ability to put down a higher volume of fire, so...
When it comes to ammunition weight, I suspect that belt-fed MGs are more significant than rifles. I recall hearing a US Army presentation a couple of years ago about the introduction of the MK48...