Army Awards SIG NGSW Contract

[JASmith]

…When a group of US soldiers come under effective fire or in an ambush, it has not been a practice to stop, assess the threat, identify specific targets and make well aimed shots at those targets. No. Instead they tend to pour large amounts of ammo into the area or areas where the shots are believed to be coming from in hopes of causing a cessation of incoming fire. Then, if and when that doesn't work, they call in mortars, artillery, or air power….

Which, of course, suggests doing the same with the 5.56 to get a smaller, lighter version with similar lethality.

Speculating — could a 20 cal have similar effectiveness against body armor at 100 meters as do the current family of 5.56 ammunition? That might yield a 5x40 which would save typing a bunch of decimal points as we debate the cartridges.