New Army "Caliber Configuration Study"

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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...its not a portable as the ABGL but it will do a similar duty...

Better, in some ways. The Carl Gustav fires an HE round, and the fuze can be set for airburst out to 1100 meters. That's over 50% greater than the ABGL, and outranges the RPG. I understand the overpressure created by the 84mm round is rather punishing on the shooters body, though.

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

Heh, heh. That's almost the same thing a former Wehrmacht tank commander said about the throat mikes they used in WWII. It's good to hear that we caught on so fast.

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

I take it you mean the M27 IAR? That's a big step backwards, from belt-fed machine gun to magazine-fed automatic rifle. I doubt the Army would do that, especially since the 60-rd and 100-rd magazines reportedly are unreliable.