New Army "Caliber Configuration Study"

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Stan, no, I do not think a green 6.5mm 108gr lead-free can compete with standard 7.62x54R PKM ball. We would have effectively handicapped ourselves.

Why not limit the top speed of our fighter jets in order to reduce carbon emissions and then wonder why we get blown out of the sky by the Su-35? Mucking Fidiots! Don't get me started. . . .

Nincomp, great point about long-range accuracy of a shoulder fired ABGL and ammo load. I think Joker also alluded to the problem with long distances and fine motor skills on the two-way range. But that's not a new problem, it's existed since the invention of the rifled bore. DMs and snipers train to overcome it. I remember reading that even in the days of musketry, new troops were counseled to fire at the feet of the approaching rank of enemy to counter the nervous tendency to fire too high.

And no amount of belted ammo load for your MGs is gonna overcome enemies hidden behind boulders. However they solve the problem of accurate rifle and MG fire at long range is the same set of skills needed to solve the problem of using ABGLs at long range. The beauty of an airburst grenade is that your accuracy problem is a matter of feet, even meters, instead of inches.

John