New Cartridge Developments and Implications for Dismounted Infantry Soldiers

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On-target performance would address human targets first. Since every person reacts to projectile injuries in different ways, I would like to see an upgraded standard to ballistic gelatin representing:

* Tissue compartmentalization
* Bone structures
* Body heat
* Clothing/Equipment
* Skin and sinew
* Anatomical orientation

Clothing and equipment -- such as loaded AK mags in chest pouch -- is already done. The other items you propose not only strike me as an unnecessary complication, but would mean that no two bullets would strike the same bone structure or organ compartments in the same way. There's an infinite number of anatomical orientations that could be used, all of which would give different results. And I don't know how you could test for variations in body heat, since ordnance gelatin is supposed to be kept refrigerated until use. :confused:

Most of us would postulate that long, high-sectional density bullets would be superior to the currently available projectiles in such tests, but that has to be demonstrated.

To be sure.

Barrier target performance would include defeating foreign trends in armor, common construction materials for walls and structures, light-skinned military vehicles (will this be able to reach the occupants, and from what angles/aspects), as well as various types of trees. I would propose demonstrating this on several examples, illustrating the capabilities and limitations, with existing calibers from existing platforms as comparisons.

I doubt that hard body armor can be penetrated by ball ammo, be it M855A1-type or conventional FMJ. Other than that, I concur with the other proposed barrier tests.