05-09-2019, 11:43 PM
JASmith Wrote:Good reasons exist for our nation's inability to bump the 5.56 NATO cartridge as our primary infantry weapon cartridge.
There have been several lengthy threads discussing the Grendel vs other cartridges as an infantry weapon and they largely answer your question.
Find them, read through them, and then decide which -- number of rounds that one can carry, maximum range, impact energy per round, or other, best suits your postulated scenario.
After that, some of us would be very interested in your hopefully better informed understanding, your choice, and the logic supporting that choice,
Why would anyone be interested in my opinion? I am a complete tyro about grendel, actual combat, current doctrine, etc., etc.
I am here to learn from the shoulders of giants!
I have read a fair amount about this in the forum and am thankful to all taking the time and effort to share.
The central question I am confused about now is if the Grendel has equal or less Maximum effective range than a AR in .223 Why have a grendel?