07-18-2011, 06:40 AM
Current LSAT ammo cannot be used in conventional guns. It uses a push-through loading system with a separate chamber; there is no extractor groove.
While the 5.56mm LSAT is going through an evaluation test with the army, its future is in the balance. The team have been told to look at other calibres in order to provide a longer effective range. This has sharpened the interest in developing the optimum intermediate calibre using conventional technology: data learned from this could be transferred to LSAT, or could be used in conventional form as a fall-back (maybe with part-polymer cases) if LSAT fails.
The latest official presentation slides (from May's NDIA meeting) are here: http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2011smallarms/T...illips.pdf
While the 5.56mm LSAT is going through an evaluation test with the army, its future is in the balance. The team have been told to look at other calibres in order to provide a longer effective range. This has sharpened the interest in developing the optimum intermediate calibre using conventional technology: data learned from this could be transferred to LSAT, or could be used in conventional form as a fall-back (maybe with part-polymer cases) if LSAT fails.
The latest official presentation slides (from May's NDIA meeting) are here: http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2011smallarms/T...illips.pdf