Looks like True Velocity has delivered their ammo to Army
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@Battalion13, I didn't keep my notes on the LSAT program, so all I can offer for substantiation are a few items found in a brief search:

Quote:...the LSAT program chose a licensed version of Dynamit Nobel's caseless ammunition as a route towards its goal of weight reduction.

https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Lightwei...chnologies
Quote:HITP, which contains HMX as its major constituent, was originally developed by Dynamit Nobel, and demonstrated in the Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program in the 1980’s.

To date, the HITP formulation from the ACR program has been successfully replicated by the LSAT Government/contractor team...

p. 3 https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a481434.pdf
Quote:ARDEC In-House Caseless Ammunition program (H&K/DN)

p. 6 https://ndiastorage.blob.core.usgovcloud...piegel.pdf
Quote:Fourteen [Dynamit-Nobel] processing steps were significantly reduced, resulting in significant reduction in cycle time and production costs.

p. 17 https://ndiastorage.blob.core.usgovcloud...piegel.pdf
Quote:2000’s – US LSAT LMG and Carbine under development in polymer CTA and Caseless Ammunition variants.

Employs reformulated DNAG-developed HITP caseless propellant (of the German G11/ACR) in a cylindrical profile.

p. 17 https://ndiastorage.blob.core.usgovcloud...Schatz.pdf
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Looks like True Velocity has delivered their ammo to Army - by stanc - 08-09-2020, 04:18 PM

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