12-09-2011, 11:36 PM
Stan, to answer your question, I'm not sold on any of them, and I don't believe we will see acceptance of any of them, at least as general issue weapons.
I think the next military small arms system will NOT be brass (or steel) cased.
My belief is that it will be 6.5 to 7mm in caliber.
This, of course, is completely dependent on the worlds governments ability to actually still wage war. After todays announcement of an agreement in principle by the EEU (minus Great Britain), I suspect that large scale development of small arms systems for government use (at least WESTERN governments) may be a thing of the past, and that we may be headed down a rat hole very rapidly. Of course, some people think I'm optimistic!
I think the next military small arms system will NOT be brass (or steel) cased.
My belief is that it will be 6.5 to 7mm in caliber.
This, of course, is completely dependent on the worlds governments ability to actually still wage war. After todays announcement of an agreement in principle by the EEU (minus Great Britain), I suspect that large scale development of small arms systems for government use (at least WESTERN governments) may be a thing of the past, and that we may be headed down a rat hole very rapidly. Of course, some people think I'm optimistic!
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt