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  • stanc
    Banned
    • Apr 2011
    • 3430

    Future Soldier

    From the "for what it's worth" department. Enjoy!





  • stanc
    Banned
    • Apr 2011
    • 3430

    #2
    Next generation squad weapon?




    A U.S. Army technology czar wants to arm the service's combat formations, from squads to brigade combat teams, with firefight-ending weapons.

    "We are undertaking broad range of efforts to improve the lethality of our force," Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, director of Army Capabilities Integration Center and deputy commanding general of Futures at Training and Doctrine Command, told an audience at the 2015 Maneuver Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia.

    During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army emphasized armor protection over lethality and mobility, McMaster said.

    "And so what we are trying to do now is ensure that every formation in our Army has the appropriate combination of mobility, protection and lethality to overmatch the enemy," he said. "We don't want 14-hour firefights. We want four-second firefights."

    One of the goals of the effort is to build more lethality into the squad.

    "We are weighed down; not as mobile as we want to be to conduct fire and maneuver and close contact with the enemy, so we need to lighten our kit," McMaster said. "We need to lighten what we are wearing for protection, but we also need to lighten our weapon systems and our ammunition."

    This is being looked at under squad foundation of the Decisive Force Initiative.

    "We also want more firepower; we want a firefight-ending capability," McMaster said, asking if anyone had served in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, an area where some of the fiercest fighting of the war took place.

    "What happened when you bump up against an enemy that had multiple RPGs? We were outgunned," McMaster said. "So how do we get that firefight-ending capability? The counter-defilade capability right now is represented by the XM25," a shoulder-fired weapon that shoots a 25mm airburst round designed to detonate over enemy hiding behind cover.

    To McMaster, that high-tech weapon isn't enough.

    "We want to build into the squad the ability to create smoking boots on the other end of the engagement," he said. "In general, bullets that explode are better than bullets that don't explode."

    http://m.military.com/daily-news/201...army_150921.nl

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    • Variable
      Chieftain
      • Mar 2011
      • 2403

      #3
      Well..... Cased telescoped 6.5 HE ammo?

      Or:

      Maybe they'll conjure up some thermal detonators...




      Till then, they'll need one of Birdman's Nuke .50's



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      • montana
        Chieftain
        • Jun 2011
        • 3209

        #4

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        • sneaky one
          Chieftain
          • Mar 2011
          • 3077

          #5
          I like Stan's third picture in- the blow it all to hell idea, I'm in for that type of weapon system. 4 second fights, are the best. Think back to grade school.

          The enemy wants it,,,,, give him the suicide by us that he so desperately seeks! We are a helpful bunch.

          All wars could end by next year with better weapons!

          Time to upgrade from the 1957 round- it did it's job.,,, move forward- Put the FEAR into the enemy!


          Or blow them into dust, at best a sample of them may be left. This needs to happen , now!
          Last edited by sneaky one; 10-13-2015, 12:25 AM.

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          • Drift
            Warrior
            • Nov 2014
            • 509

            #6
            All thats already been done. Back in 1957. Bought and paid for. Weight about 65 lbs. Yeald about 10 tons TNT. M38 Davy Crockett. Why reinvent the wheel?

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            • stanc
              Banned
              • Apr 2011
              • 3430

              #7
              A Bullpup for Soldier 2030?




              TFB article: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...rmy-ausa-2017/

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