06-13-2012, 03:21 PM
You can make an AR10 as light as a SCAR-17 by simply using a pencil barrel and lighter COTS components.
If someone showed up to the competition with a DMR system that was adaptable to both 5.56 and Grendel, and they demonstrated what a Grendel could do versus a 7.62 NATO carbine at distance, that could be an eye-opener, especially when considering soldier's load and the ability to sustain the fight longer than 7.62 NATO, with less recoil, and better terminal ballistics.
If I were selling it, I would say,
"Look, 7.62 NATO will be around for a long time, and there is no need to get rid of it in aircraft and vehcile-mounted, mechanically-fired weapons. However, I think we're really at a stage where we can seriously meet some of these constant weight-reduction requirements for the dismounted soldier, by displacing belt-fed 7.62 GPMG's, and DMR's, with a more capable cartidge, in a lighter system. Watch what it does across the target array on this range...."
If someone showed up to the competition with a DMR system that was adaptable to both 5.56 and Grendel, and they demonstrated what a Grendel could do versus a 7.62 NATO carbine at distance, that could be an eye-opener, especially when considering soldier's load and the ability to sustain the fight longer than 7.62 NATO, with less recoil, and better terminal ballistics.
If I were selling it, I would say,
"Look, 7.62 NATO will be around for a long time, and there is no need to get rid of it in aircraft and vehcile-mounted, mechanically-fired weapons. However, I think we're really at a stage where we can seriously meet some of these constant weight-reduction requirements for the dismounted soldier, by displacing belt-fed 7.62 GPMG's, and DMR's, with a more capable cartidge, in a lighter system. Watch what it does across the target array on this range...."