Riddle me this

[Konocti's Wigwam]

A larger, more significant, bureaucracy tail-twister was World War II. How many new tanks, aircraft and ships were designed, tested and fielded in huge quantities during those FOUR years? Today we see mutiple decades passing between expressed need and fielding of new systems.

I have never served, but have worked on a document storage retrieval system used to track submarine parts back in Newark, NJ and track the Bradley defense vehicle, produced by FMC right next to the San Jose airport. I have never knew of that development facility so close to the airport. That app would do E size images (16 x A size sheets). Right by the airport they have a whole test bed, small rivers/streams, sand, etc...I've been into Moffet a few times, but I never saw anything so amazing like that test area FMC had next to the airport.

Military firearms and cartridges have largely shared the same fate because the only "compelling" arguments for change have resulted in tweaks to the existing AR15 or cartridge. This is made worse because the individual weapon is, in the large scheme, deemed not particularly important to war winning.

That's an interesting comment as, isn't each troop issued an M4 ???

I just have to ponder why they don't wedge the 6.5 Grendel into those arms? The cost savings alone is huge. OTOH, when was the last time the Governement cared about how they spend our tax money?

I didn't realize previously, but you're the same Joe Smith that authored the reloading handbooks with Paul Scott and Greg Luli, aren't you? Speaking for myself, I can't thank you guys enough for these amazing handbooks. I wish I had the same type text for the 8.6 blackout and 300 blackout. I unfortunately kept putting off the 6.5 Grendel when I should have probably used it rather than 300 blackout for the hunting I plan, as it is a much more forgiving round. Can I ask you what UC you retired from? My son just went back to UCLA to finish up his Design Media Art degree (DESMA).