Serbia adopting 6.5 Grendel as main military cartridge

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Domestic manufacturers

Manufacturers are local companies' Sova najt visa "," Teleoptik "and" Sensor Infiz ".

Previous tests on polygons VS showed that 6.5 millimeter bullet "Grendel" at a distance of 500 meters is twice stronger stopping power from 7.62 to 39 millimeters, and 30 to 40 percent of the rounds 5.56 x 45 NATO.

Also, the bullet "Grendel" has less recoil and allows better control of gunfire, even for people less physical constitution.

Yep: We've known that for quite some while.

Bullet "Grendel"

The bullet "Grendel" defies the laws of nature, because it has a very [flat] path from the time it comes out of the pipes.

Americans are testing a new grain concluded that when aiming the target at a distance of 600 meters, "Grendel" says a high trajectory of 1.2 meters when the bastard from an automatic rifle, and 1.07 meters when fired from a sniper.

Really trying to figure out who/what they're talking about on this. If I get what the author means, he's saying that "Americans" and whatever round they're using claim it will have a drop of 1.2 meters over a 600 meter range. Using the flattest shooting ammo I can find (123 Scenar@ 2500 fps) I come up with 2.6 meters of drop - more than double the author's numbers. Troubling, as he doesn't cite who is claiming this miracle.

This means that weapons can hit the target man-sized or smaller vehicle without setting the target mark (which is the most rifles adjusted by increments of 100 meters), at all distances from zero to 600 meters.

The author is essentially claiming a PBR of 600 meters. No wonder he thinks the Grendel can defy nature. Seriously, I love this round, but 600 meter point blank range?!! Claims like this are why some people have credibility issues with proponents of the Grendel.

Serbia, as well as many countries in the world, working to improve small arms, and the fact that domestic companies and experts picked the bullet type "Grendel," to whom no one in the world has found a flaw, suggesting that the Army of Serbia in the future have a very good and reliable weapon, according to RTS.

Their experts chose the round, but it certainly has not been without its detractors. To claim that "no one in the world has found a flaw" is, well, just naive. RTS, which is a Russian language paper, is being cited for this high praise of the Grendel, but I haven't located the source article, yet.



I have, though, seen what I consider element zero, which is the Serbian Army's website (discussed earlier in this and in other threads). <Link>

It supports the gist of what this article says, but I think what we really have here is a case of a Serbian Grendel fanboy gushing at a Serbian journalist who doesn't really understand ballistics. It's a shame, really, because the article could have stood on its own merits, even without the (slight) exaggerations.

Thanks for the link, Dan.