Grendel as a Universal Infantry Cartridge

[JASmith]

Never in the history of internet forums have digressions been so fascinating. I simply cannot bring myself to moderate this stuff! Very cool, gentlemen.

John

John,

These comments about the history of weapons development. production, and procurement help us better understand the large-scale challenges to be overcome in moving a cartridge like the Grendel from the status of a very interesting but specialty cartridge into a mainstream military round.

For example, part of the value of the threads on "requirements" is in helping folks better understand and think in terms that the technical bureaucrat is obliged to work with.

On top of that, it is indeed fascinating history.

My thanks to Jaywalker for bringing it to our attention and to you for being patient!

Cheers!
Joe