Designing a Grendel IAR

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MagPul MOE?

A possible candidate.

Or maybe not. :eek:

[video=youtube;S6cwh4IxXSc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6cwh4IxXSc[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6cwh4IxXSc

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However, if you stack one beltfed against one magfed, I think the odds would be stacked the other way...

Two magfeds would give:

[COLOR="red"]-higher firepower for a short window of time
-be able to take out a higher number of targets inside a given window of time[/COLOR]

Hmm.

[video=youtube;A4QagenzsK0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QagenzsK0[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QagenzsK0

[Variable]

Hmm.

[video=youtube;A4QagenzsK0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QagenzsK0[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QagenzsK0

As an old school '60 gunner.....




:o

[am4966]

The M27 IAR imo intended purpose is to lay down suppresing fire but with greater precision than that of the saw. I don't know the range but it's full auto for this range and can be used like a DM for longer ranges. The only way to suppress a enemy isnt by putting high volume of ammo on them. Plus the ability to help in clearing a room due to its size.

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At this stage, I really don't care whether a belt-fed LMG or a mag-fed IAR is "better."
I just want to see any kind of Grendel squad automatic weapon built and tested.

[am4966]

Im with you stan
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QUOTE=stanc;100365]At this stage, I really don't care whether a belt-fed LMG or a mag-fed IAR is "better."
I just want to see any kind of Grendel squad automatic weapon built and tested. [/QUOTE]

[LRRPF52]

There's a new RPD at my friends' local gun store.

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There's a new RPD at my friends' local gun store.

If only...

[video=youtube;Shrt20PxsZ0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shrt20PxsZ0[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shrt20PxsZ0

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[video=youtube;zohdnTZ9ytw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zohdnTZ9ytw[/video]





<sigh> If only...

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...to demonstrate the superiority of 6.5 Grendel for military applications.

The US Army's Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR) program seeks to replace the M249 machine gun with a long-range automatic rifle.

...the NGSAR...will “combined the firepower and range of a machine gun with the precision and ergonomics of a carbine” to achieve “overmatch” by “suppressing all threats to a range of 1200 meters”, all in a package that is supposed to weigh 12 pounds or less (unloaded), with both optic and “always on” suppressor.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/...tic-rifle/

The challenge: Design and build a 6.5 Grendel automatic rifle, and develop suitable bullets and ammo loadings for it. Hooah!