05-24-2011, 02:57 PM
Our discussions in Requirements for Replacement of Currently Issued 5.56 M-855 and 7.62 M-80 have raised a number of fascinating issues. The original post laid down a challenge to flesh out the need and, possibly, draft an informal requirements statement. To that effect, Tony Williams posted a first cut in #6 on 05-8-2011. That was followed by an initial expansion by LR1955 in #25. LLRPF52 posted in #65 what appears to be an important clarification in that the focus on weight reduction to facilitate movement by soldiers on foot suggests that we are primarily focusing on the needs of dismounted light infantry.
The vision is a single cartridge to be used in the span of weapons including carbines (e. g., M4) rifles (e. g., the DMR role), light machine guns, and general purpose machine guns used by dismounted light infantry.
The discussions in the referenced thread are continuing to explore related topics but, with the number of posts approaching 130(!), one's ability to track back to references is becoming stressed. Hence this restart with, hopefully, a stronger emphasis on moving smartly to a complete notional requirement statement.
The plan is to work through the list presented by Tony and amended by LR1955, consolidating points as needed, and produce statements that cartridge options can be analytically tested and, where appropriately evaluated by trials. The next two posts are updated drafts of the notional requirements for external ballistics and for barrier penetration.
Let's cuss and discuss, tweak them, and then move on to the next item in the draft list!
The vision is a single cartridge to be used in the span of weapons including carbines (e. g., M4) rifles (e. g., the DMR role), light machine guns, and general purpose machine guns used by dismounted light infantry.
The discussions in the referenced thread are continuing to explore related topics but, with the number of posts approaching 130(!), one's ability to track back to references is becoming stressed. Hence this restart with, hopefully, a stronger emphasis on moving smartly to a complete notional requirement statement.
The plan is to work through the list presented by Tony and amended by LR1955, consolidating points as needed, and produce statements that cartridge options can be analytically tested and, where appropriately evaluated by trials. The next two posts are updated drafts of the notional requirements for external ballistics and for barrier penetration.
Let's cuss and discuss, tweak them, and then move on to the next item in the draft list!