User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Army Moves Forward With Next-Gen Squad Rifle Program

  1. #1
    Original Ranter
    Points: 858,965, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496537
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,671
    Points
    858,965
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,211
    Thanked 147,547x in 94,399 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Army Moves Forward With Next-Gen Squad Rifle Program

    Army Moves Forward With Next-Gen Squad Rifle Program

    The new squad automatic weapon chambered in 6.8 caliber is moving forward.

    Now that the Army is set upon going forward with plans to field a new squad automatic rifle, the service is committing to proceed as expeditiously as possible to move the project from the testing stage to the field.


    Exactly how soon soldiers should expect to use their new Next-Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) in combat, with variants that would replace both the M4 carbine and the M249 squad automatic weapon, however, is still to be determined.


    The new weapon would fire a 6.8 caliber round, which both the service and representatives from industry who are vying for the contract to build it are embracing. The round, they say, would provide the right balance of lethality required in both close- and long-range fights. Proponents say it is both lighter and deadlier than the 5.56 mm NATO round, the ammunition it would replace.


    “Ninety percent of our casualties are coming from 4 per-cent of our force,” said Daryl Easlick, small arms deputy at the lethality branch of the maneuver capabilities and integration directorate, at Fort Benning, Georgia. “This means those close-combat [military occupational specialties] that close with and destroy the enemy are the most likely to be injured. Those are the ones we’re concentrating on the most when looking at these modernization efforts.”


    But while the Army team that is working on the new weapon’s development is optimistic that they are on the right track, they fully understand that more testing will be necessary before the project emerges from its present prototype stage.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  2. The Following User Says Thank You to Peter1469 For This Useful Post:

    Major Lambda (01-16-2019)

  3. #2
    Points: 5,437, Level: 17
    Level completed: 48%, Points required for next Level: 313
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    Tagger Second ClassVeteran5000 Experience Points
    Major Lambda's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    276
    Join Date
    May 2018
    Location
    West - South West of Washington DC
    Posts
    395
    Points
    5,437
    Level
    17
    Thanks Given
    306
    Thanked 266x in 188 Posts
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Army Moves Forward With Next-Gen Squad Rifle Program

    The new squad automatic weapon chambered in 6.8 caliber is moving forward.

    And the standard is set. US Army is the T&E for the new 6.8 caliber , other Military branches to follow.


    Major Lambda
    Ab Extra & Sui Generis

  4. The Following User Says Thank You to Major Lambda For This Useful Post:

    Peter1469 (01-16-2019)

  5. #3
    Original Ranter
    Points: 858,965, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496537
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,671
    Points
    858,965
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,211
    Thanked 147,547x in 94,399 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Major Lambda View Post
    And the standard is set. US Army is the T&E for the new 6.8 caliber , other Military branches to follow.


    Major Lambda
    Hopefully. US forces should have a common round for their individual weapons.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  6. #4

    tPF Moderator
    Points: 74,308, Level: 66
    Level completed: 51%, Points required for next Level: 1,142
    Overall activity: 14.0%
    Achievements:
    50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Cletus's Avatar tPF Moderator
    Karma
    195692
    Join Date
    Jun 2015
    Posts
    32,309
    Points
    74,308
    Level
    66
    Thanks Given
    3,678
    Thanked 27,377x in 15,846 Posts
    Mentioned
    412 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    It is a solution in search of a problem.
    “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts