03-02-2020, 06:49 PM
Nobody of relevance is talking about a future for the 6.8 SPC for a service rifle cartridge.
We already have several threads on this if you read through this sub forum.
6.8 NGSW is a current competition that I will be surprised to see get awarded due to weapon weight, recoil, and magazine profile/bulk on the soldier's load.
As to the comment about "just exchanging 5 F-35s", I'd take 5 F-35s any day over giving Infantry a new rifle without thinking twice about it.
We already have a great carbine with the M4 that does what is required of soldiers who pick through the rubble after echelons of fire in conventional war, or police neighborhoods and provinces in COIN under cover of their buddy's SAWs, M240s, M110s, M2010s, 60mm and 81mm mortars, with Reaper Drones overhead if needed.
The capabilities that the F-35 brings to the modern and future battlefields far outweigh anything we will ever do with small arms. Small arms are almost negligible in an open conflict, and are already well-suited for COIN in the mix.
Our legacy aircraft are aging and have been worn out by constant deployments, and have degrading survivability compared to current and emerging IADS networks.
We already have several threads on this if you read through this sub forum.
6.8 NGSW is a current competition that I will be surprised to see get awarded due to weapon weight, recoil, and magazine profile/bulk on the soldier's load.
As to the comment about "just exchanging 5 F-35s", I'd take 5 F-35s any day over giving Infantry a new rifle without thinking twice about it.
We already have a great carbine with the M4 that does what is required of soldiers who pick through the rubble after echelons of fire in conventional war, or police neighborhoods and provinces in COIN under cover of their buddy's SAWs, M240s, M110s, M2010s, 60mm and 81mm mortars, with Reaper Drones overhead if needed.
The capabilities that the F-35 brings to the modern and future battlefields far outweigh anything we will ever do with small arms. Small arms are almost negligible in an open conflict, and are already well-suited for COIN in the mix.
Our legacy aircraft are aging and have been worn out by constant deployments, and have degrading survivability compared to current and emerging IADS networks.
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6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com