New Cartridge Developments and Implications for Dismounted Infantry Soldiers

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Yeah. I'm wondering just what all is wrong with it. I mean, I have to think it has one or more problems we're not privy to.

Otherwise, if it's as marvelous as we're being told, why hasn't it been adopted and fielded, already?

The glass is half full portion of me hopes it's because it really is that awesome, and they're just proving to themselves that it is. No surpises or embarrassments that way.

I wonder about chamber alignment with the barrel and stuff like that. The chamber rotates left to fire, does it ever get crudded up and not align perfectly with the bore? Stuff like that.

If it's as good as they say, then I'd love to see it fielded.

Since the ammo is plastic instead of brass, I wonder if they can crank out more of it faster and cheaper? Heck, I'd like to see a civilian release. Hopefully the plastic used is very long term stabil. I've got WWII ammo that's still good to go.

I wish I were CIC for a day or more. I'd ban "green" consideration from projectile construction, and seek legislation forever forbidding such BS from even being a tiny thought related to our ammo.