90 Miles From Tyranny : The Army Says Its New Assault Rifle Will Pack a Punch Like a Tank's Main Gun

Friday, March 2, 2018

The Army Says Its New Assault Rifle Will Pack a Punch Like a Tank's Main Gun

The Army claims its new assault rifle will unleash a hailstorm of specially-designed shells with as much chamber pressure as a battle tank to tear through even the most advanced body armor — and if all goes according to plan, the soldiers will get them to play with sooner than they thought.

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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2 comments:

  1. tsquaredFriday, March 02, 2018

    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.

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  2. Sabre22Saturday, March 03, 2018

    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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