I have heard that tune before, but it has been around for over 50 years. We have multiple weapons systems and gazillions of rounds based on it.
Is it really the end?
U.S. Army modernization officials told Congress recently that the service will begin fielding the 6.8mm weapons that will replace M249 squad automatic weapons and M4/M4A1 carbines in fall 2021.
But the current 5.56mm weapons are not capable of penetrating the modern body armor of near-peer adversaries such as Russia and China, he said.
The Army is banking on the new 6.8mm projectile it has developed, which it is providing to gunmakers so they can design a complete cartridge for their prototype weapon systems.
"We will provide the actual projectile; they will provide the common cartridge," Ostrowski said.
Ostrowski said the Army wants the new ammunition to weigh the same as the current 5.56mm.
"So polymer casings -- case-telescoped, for instance -- these are new and innovative ways that industry has been working to try to make sure that these rounds are not much heavier at all than the current 5.56mm rounds that we carry today," he said.
https://www.military.com/kitup/2019...ose-m249-saw-and-m4-carbine-replacements.html
Is it really the end?
U.S. Army modernization officials told Congress recently that the service will begin fielding the 6.8mm weapons that will replace M249 squad automatic weapons and M4/M4A1 carbines in fall 2021.
But the current 5.56mm weapons are not capable of penetrating the modern body armor of near-peer adversaries such as Russia and China, he said.
The Army is banking on the new 6.8mm projectile it has developed, which it is providing to gunmakers so they can design a complete cartridge for their prototype weapon systems.
"We will provide the actual projectile; they will provide the common cartridge," Ostrowski said.
Ostrowski said the Army wants the new ammunition to weigh the same as the current 5.56mm.
"So polymer casings -- case-telescoped, for instance -- these are new and innovative ways that industry has been working to try to make sure that these rounds are not much heavier at all than the current 5.56mm rounds that we carry today," he said.
https://www.military.com/kitup/2019...ose-m249-saw-and-m4-carbine-replacements.html