New Army "Caliber Configuration Study"

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Thanks, Stan, for taking the time to generate the data points. So, worst case, our carbine is still almost going neck-and-neck with their MMG?

Yeah. Much better than I expected. It looks to me like a 65G LMG would be quite capable of going up against a PKM, even without a super-streamlined bullet.

Something went awry at the 700-yard mark on your drop data?

No, the numbers are correct. I guess I really should've changed the column heading from "Drop" to "Trajectory." I ran it using 1000 yards as the zeroing distance, in order to show the height above ground the bullets reach en route to 1000 yards.