New Army "Caliber Configuration Study"

[JASmith]

Dont you mean 7.62x 51 Nato as the 7.62x54 was a former Soviet now Russian Federation round

LRRPF52 meant what he said: Weapons designers are most concerned about overmatching the adversary's weapons. The 7.62x54 is therefore the model based on history and existing inventories.

BTW -- using the 7.62x51 NATO would lead to a similar conclusion about need, but our acquisition community does not accept "better than our own" as justification for R&D dollars. Got to identify a 'capability gap' and answer the issue raised by it.