05-04-2011, 05:39 PM
LRRPF52 Wrote:It would be nice to have a Lightweight Belt-fed Machinegun in Grendel to replace the M240 GPMG for dismounted soldiers, if a lower-cost bullet could be made for it with a long tracer endurance like the 7.62 tracer.I don't know for sure what trace distance might be possible with 6.5 Grendel, but some indication might be had from that of 6.5x55 m/41 tracer, shown as 800 meters:
http://www.amkat.se/index.php?Env=Ammo&M...ame=Tracer
As for a "lower-cost" ball projectile, that's another question. If the US Army stays with the exposed-penetrator configuration of 5.56 M855A1 and 7.62 M80A1, a similar 6.5mm bullet would have similar cost.
Attached: 5.56 M855A1 / 6.5 "M2065A1"
/ 7.62 M80A1
