Grendel as a Universal Infantry Cartridge

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This is why I think the only real environment for the Grendel to gain traction in is amongst the Eastern European Countries that are aware of the Russian threat, while NATO leaves them out to dry. Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary have formed a new military alliance separate from NATO since they see the writing on the wall.

That's interesting. I haven't paid attention to such matters, so it's news to me.

As I kick this dead horse again, the biggest and most important factor that would make the Grendel get noticed is if a modern LMG was chambered in it, and shown to provide the same downrange benefits as 7.62 GMPG's such as the PKM and MAG58, only from a much smaller package.

I completely agree. However, I have to also kick a couple of other dead horses, which have been lying around for the last seven years.

1. There is as yet no proof, or even convincing evidence, that viable disintegrating links can be developed for 6.5 Grendel. (Although in the case of the aforementioned countries, that may not matter. If they are still using non-disintegrating links for their machine guns, such links ought to be easily redesigned for use with 6.5 G.)

2. There is still no test data to show that 6.5 ball is capable of delivering the same downrange performance as 7.62 ball.