09-01-2012, 10:22 PM
I'll be looking around for info on this as well. I'm not convinced that you really need a longer case, since we only need to load the COAL longer, with plenty of engagement surface in the Grendel case for the vast array of long projectiles, to have an ideal shoulder-neck junction placement of the projectile base, while allowing more powder without compression. A COAL of 2.400" would be nice, but we really need to know what projectiles we're dealing with and the expectations of those projectiles before determining the case dimensions.
The other thing I like about the Grendel from a long-term military logistics standpoint is that barrels don't burn out like 5.56 and 7.62 NATO. There is considerably longer throat and barrel life, even with the civvy-grade steels being used. Now imagine a hammer-forged, chrome-lined 4150 CMV barrel in military guns. LMG's could potentially be rated for longer cyclic, rapid, and sustained-fire round counts between barrel changes, and assault rifles would have longer-lasting barrels.
This is a very appealing combination for countries who are facing hard economic times, in addition to increasingly belligerent external threats within their region, like Eastern European nations.
The other thing I like about the Grendel from a long-term military logistics standpoint is that barrels don't burn out like 5.56 and 7.62 NATO. There is considerably longer throat and barrel life, even with the civvy-grade steels being used. Now imagine a hammer-forged, chrome-lined 4150 CMV barrel in military guns. LMG's could potentially be rated for longer cyclic, rapid, and sustained-fire round counts between barrel changes, and assault rifles would have longer-lasting barrels.
This is a very appealing combination for countries who are facing hard economic times, in addition to increasingly belligerent external threats within their region, like Eastern European nations.