New Army "Caliber Configuration Study"

[joker31]

The ABGL's were fielded in Afghanistan (Seen them myself) but I dont see them being issued Army wide until maybe the next generation when the costs get driven down. Today's game is Cheap and small, we are post War and our numbers will go down to the lowest numbers in history soon. This was mandated by the administration, there will be a huge reserve force but the Active duty will be largely cut because of the fact that reservists did very good in the previous two wars and they dont have to pay benefits to them. They are talking about a buy in for reservists to retire like a 401k but you have to declare your intention to retire from your first day in the Army to start accumulating retirement points. The ABGL is going to be a specialized system that will most likely either be cut or used only in Special Weapons Platoons, the Gustov is more likely to be issued to regular troops, now that they have made the right political allies and the production has been secured. The system has been around for 50 years+ but it was unpopular because of the companies dealings with other non-friendly nations, now we need a cheap system and its the go to system. On the SOCOM side of the house, its been used since Vietnam, hell my father fired one in Hue City, I fired one in Kuwait and in Kunar, its not a portable as the ABGL but it will do a similar duty and will cover the AT4 and LAW as well. Big Army is looking to upgrade its soldier systems right now, when they should be upgrading its integration of supply systems and Transportation, lets not forget that we are losing the AC-130, the A-10 and soon the Apache because they are thought of as antiquated by Congress. Never mind the fact that the systems like the Blackhawk were rushed into service when its still up for debate if they were needed. There is going to be a great purge of the systems, not because we need it, but because this generation of systems was battle tested so we can move on to the next greatest thing.

If I can say there are a few systems that do greatly impress me from my field experience:
1:CH-47 Chinook, cant say enough good, its the best thing in this country's Arsenal. Climbs higher, flys faster and have pulled me out of the fryer when the blackhawks couldnt dream of getting to us.

2:The MBITR Radio, worked a lot better than I thought it would, never mind the fact that most line units didn't use all the features it had, it still worked very well.

3:Thales throat mikes work great, They are the closest thing to thinking a word and getting someone to hear you.

4:Safariland Flexicuffs, I used the hell out of them for a million different things, from holding Countermeasures antennas on vehicles to detainees too small for handcuffs.

5: HIDE system: Biometrics are great but you need to implement it sooner in the war.

6: UAV's when used properly or in some cases improperly, save lives

7: 77gr SMK's do a good job of extending the life of an aging system (M4)

8: SAWs Suck, always have, always will, admit they were a mistake already......order the HK system and move on already, but order larger magazines.