Our military adopting the Grendel?

[JASmith]

Before we get a pile-on here, let me hasten to add that the 6.8 SPC was done prior to the introduction of the Mk262. That round appears to have largely rectified the perceived deficiencies in the SF and DM communities.

I am looking forward to seeing credible reports of M855-A1 combat performance. It is possible that the small number of fora I regularly follow didn't have a discussion on this topic. It is also possible that OPSEC on the issue has gotten a lot better.

On the topic of specialized ammunition, I hear an awful lot of noise to the effect that the military will adopt only one style of ammunition for the infantry rifle/carbine and the LMG. And here we have at least two variants of 5.56 being used side-by-side. The same appears to be true of the 7.62X51 when sniper ammunition is issued.

The point is that folks will upgrade ammunition if that move corrects a deficiency and a new round is usually a lot less expensive than swapping out most or all of the firearms across the service or services. In this case the first step was to introduce a specialized ammunition type, followed by a much larger R&D effort to field a new standard infantry load. Should be interesting to see how this mix of ammunition plays out.