The service plans on fielding a Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR) — the first version in the Army’s Next-Generation Weapons System that chambers a round between 6.5mm and 6.8mm — as a potential replacement for its 80,000 M249 SAWs starting in fiscal 2022 rather than the original target date of fiscal 2025, Col. Geoffrey A. Norman, force development division chief at Army HQ, told Task & Purpose, with two per nine-man infantry squad.
While the service still hasn’t set official requirements for the system, the NGSAR will weigh less, shoot farther, and pack more punch than the service’s existing infantry weapons, Norman told Task & Purpose. And more importantly, the platform will incorporate a chamber pressure superior to the current system in soldiers’ arsenals to ensure that the rounds can still blast through...Read More HERE
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I would rather see it in 6.8SPC. I chose this round over the 6.5 variants due to the greater availability of bullet weights and designs for reloading. The 6.8SPC also has a better reputation for one-shot, DRT kills with deer and hogs over the 6.5 variants.
Then it will recoil like a tanks main gun as well. How about a 6.5-7mm bore at about 2600 Muzzle Velocity Since we are going to HP bullets in the handgun add HP bullets to the rifle with a pork additive for Jihadis
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