Grendel LMG

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What I actually meant was that a QCB-functionality is nice to have, but not strictly necessary. I would like to have a way to swap barrels in the field, but not necessarily while hot.

I see. Yeah, something like the user-changeable barrels of the Zastava 6.5 Grendel rifles would probably be okay for the purpose...most of the time.



But personally, I still prefer a true QCB, because there will be times when the battle is so intense that a hot barrel must be replaced in order to keep the gun in the fight.

I know everything about the simple solution of not bringing the extra barrel. However, when I have mentioned that it is not necessary to bring a spare barrel for a fire-ambush ( surprise the enemy, then get away), I have always been told to toughen the beep up and lift more weights...

So, my conclusion to that is that if you could mount a kitchen-sink to it, and one was available, you would have to bring that too...

Heh, heh. Sounds like your army has mentally rigid leadership. :eek:

I may be mistaken, but I think that in the US Army, SAW gunners can leave the spare barrel at base if the leader judges it to be unnecessary for the mission.