Status of the Next Gen Squad Weapon (NGSW)?

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that is not what I was attempting to say. If the Active side goes for a new rifle/SAW in 6.8mm then what will they do with the M4 stock they have? The Guard and Reserves are saturated with weapons. And there is move to not transfer to the police. So what do you do with all those M4s? My thought was to convert them to a PDW (9 to 10 inch barrel) and have the support troops use them. The military has long wanted a PDW that could hit out to 300 meters. 300 BLK (7.62x35) would do that. The M1/2 carbine was the first PDW (.3 USC or 7.62x33). The 300 BLK was designed to compete with the 9mm pistol. It has much of the same benefits as did the M1 Carbine.

Since armor defeat has been more and more of a requirement since the 1970s in service rifles and LMGs, and PDWs in the 1990s with the NATO PDW programs that resulted in the FN 5.7x28mm and Hk 4.6x30 PDW cartridges, it wouldn't make any sense to mess around with 300 BLK. Then again, it doesn't make sense to mess with 9mm but they're doing that as we speak.