06-17-2013, 02:49 AM
Lest we lose track of the Topic, here, Third Generation Battle Rifle --- the sad story of a dedicated soldier, notwithstanding --- I would offer the following:
"After almost two hours of discussing the long, tortured, and circuitous development and production history of the 6.5 Grendel, I finally came right out and asked developer Bill Alexander if he thought the Grendel would ever get a shot at replacing the much-maligned 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge.
"'Who knows?' Alexander asked rhetorically, knowing there is no clear-cut, defined path to adoption by regular U.S. military units. 'It's not about good weapons and ammunition, any more, it's a political game.'" --- 6.5mm Grendel: The Round the Military Ought to Have - Shooting Times (http://www.shootingtimes.com/2012/11/16/...t-to-have/).
"Gun manufacturers walk a fine line between catering to a demand for traditional weapons and the need to remain abreast of the technological developments that other industries are seeing. . . ." --- Innovation in the Gun Industry (read: lack of) (http://wxxinews.org/post/innovation-gun-industry/).
"After almost two hours of discussing the long, tortured, and circuitous development and production history of the 6.5 Grendel, I finally came right out and asked developer Bill Alexander if he thought the Grendel would ever get a shot at replacing the much-maligned 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge.
"'Who knows?' Alexander asked rhetorically, knowing there is no clear-cut, defined path to adoption by regular U.S. military units. 'It's not about good weapons and ammunition, any more, it's a political game.'" --- 6.5mm Grendel: The Round the Military Ought to Have - Shooting Times (http://www.shootingtimes.com/2012/11/16/...t-to-have/).
"Gun manufacturers walk a fine line between catering to a demand for traditional weapons and the need to remain abreast of the technological developments that other industries are seeing. . . ." --- Innovation in the Gun Industry (read: lack of) (http://wxxinews.org/post/innovation-gun-industry/).