Improved Infantry Squad Capabilities Article

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Regarding the subject of a constant-recoil 6.5 Grendel LMG:

Since the Ultimax is magazine-fed, including drum mags, it isn't ideal. Drums suck to manage in the field. The Finns would often have an assistant gunner for the Kp31 SMG, and use it in the LMG role that way, where one guy just kep the drums loaded and handed them to the shooter as he burned through 72rds after another. Not a good system at all, especially in sub-zero temps. After the war, they made a plastic pre-loaded mag that you could have filled, then drop it into the open drum for a quick top-off, then wind the spring once closed.

Ultimax's are few and far between in the collector's market, and I doubt one of them would want any changes made, but since 3 of the Ultimax variants have quick-change barrels, it might be easier than one thinks using a bolt and barrel replacement. The KAC LMG would be the main platform I'd be interested in testing first, since it uses constant-recoil and is belt-fed.