03-02-2020, 03:15 AM
The whole point is to punch through body armor at 600m and allow an average soldier to make long range precision shots. High velocity and a sufficiently large projectile is what has driven the 6.8mm super-duper magnum cartridge designs. The cartridge is only part of the plan. The proposed optics will measure the distance (and in some proposals, estimate wind drift and lead a moving target), then show the proper aiming point with a "disturbed reticule" aiming device. There are some proposals in which the fire control system will not fire the shot until everything lines up properly and yet others which use something like the Aim-Lock system that will actually track the target and automatically slew the barrel onto the target at the last moment before firing.
It remains to be seen how many of these technologies will work in the near future.
It remains to be seen how many of these technologies will work in the near future.