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The primary issue with the new 6.8mm program and the original LSAT Caseless weapon program

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 The primary issue with the new 6.8mm program and the original LSAT Caseless weapon program A lot of questions have been asked on the new 6.8mm round the U.S. military adopted, and why it was willing to adopt a far heavier and higher recoiling weapon to replace the 5.56mm weapon; the reason why the program was implemented at all was because, originally, the new weapon was intended to be the same weight and have the same recoil. The United States military had successfully managed to produce such a weapon in the LSAT program, and only question came down to exact implementation of the rounds, which calibers would be chosen and which companies would produce the weapon. The entire program seemed to have been screwed up in execution, as the M7 is not a very well liked gun, particularly reliable or novel in design and is extremely heavy at nearly 12-13 pounds loaded, a lot heavier than the M4 carbine at 7.5 pounds.  To explain the program as succinctly as possible, the 6.8mm program ...
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WWII - How the German military was hampered without sufficient oil supply, and when they begin to lose in 1944

 WWII - How the German military was hampered without sufficient oil supply, and when they begin to lose in 1944 There is little as argued about in the public sphere, in the field of history, than with wars, and little as wrong in the mainstream public's historical understanding of events, than of wars. In part due to propaganda, romanticization of war, a failure to understand basic military strategies, tactics, and logistics, and the sheer complexity of history in general, combined with the difficulty of recording events on the battlefield given their sheer danger and sporadic nature, much real information is actually lost, and so when combined with one's own personal interpretation of events, allows for a broad range of views to develop. Each person likes to believe they have the real, true answer, and that other's are wrong; this is true even for this article, and as a result much misinformation persists as history has no unbiased actors to record events. There is often a...
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Cartridge comparison and design

Cartridge comparison and design sdf Case design sdf Experimental Design concepts 6mm Experimental (110 grain, 850 m/s, G1 BC .617) - 6.5mm Experimental (150 grain, 850 m/s, G1 BC .710) -
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The problem with high rates of fire

The problem with high rates of fire While many perceive a higher rate of fire in a firearm to improve it's combat effectiveness, generally speaking this is only true in a very limited number of circumstances. Either when attempting to blanket the sky in bullets, so as to intercept an incoming missile for example, or when trying to hit a moving target while also moving very quickly (such as in a helicopter), in general a higher rate of fire doesn't result in improved effectiveness of a firearm under ordinary combat conditions, especially in the use of infantry weapons. There's a few reasons as to why, but the primary reason is that shooting the same target 30 times, or 50 times as opposed to 5 or 10 usually doesn't result in substantial benefit over the ordinary weapon. An individual who is shot 5 times is generally no less incapacitated than someone shot 50, meaning that it's simply a waste of ammunition to use more rounds. As bullets travel in roughly the same pat...
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The M1 Carbine - Perhaps the world's first assault rifle

The M1 Carbine - Perhaps the world's first assault rifle Assault rifles are the modern firearm of choice by today's standards; nearly every military in the world uses them, from the U.S. with the M16, to the Russians with the Ak-47, and Europe with the SA80, Steyr Aug, FAMAS, and many more firearms. From the 5.56mm fals and HK41's to the Tavors, assault rifles are just the weapon of choice on the modern battlefield. Light, moderately accurate, having a long range, piercing basic body armor and with just enough punch to be considered applicable for most situations, they are the perfect compromise of power, maneuverability, and weight for most situations, making them the best all around practical rifle. While the origins of the weapon are complex, many point towards the Stg-44 or Ak-47 as the first true assault rifles, weapons that were not quite submachine guns, but not quite full sized rifles either. Their large magazine capacity, high rate of fire, light weight and maneuv...
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The G11 - The rifle that never was

The G11 - The rifle that never was The G11 is one of the most unique and interesting firearms in modern history, that was evaluated by both U.S. and German military forces as a new replacement for their older weapon systems, in direct competition with the AR-15, but that ultimately never came to fruition. While certainly a very capable firearm in many respects, it's overly ambitious features that it more or less lacked the developed technology for at the time severely hampered it's capabilities and as a result, paved the way for more conventional, proven designs to take it's place. However, what it achieved by itself is still quite tremendous even by today's standards, and is what the modern U.S. military caseless programs is based on. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and the creator of the Nobel peace foundation, helped work on the caseless cartridges, providing them with a very shock insensitive binder that not only held the powder together without need for a ...
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The "Perfect" Combat Rifle Concept

The "Perfect" Combat Rifle Concept In WWII, the basic conundrum arrived, of, how do we create a weapon that will ultimately fulfill every role we could possibly need it to on the battlefield? While the Germans had the MG42, a heavy machine gun, the Americans eventually got the M16, a light assault rifle. But what was this concept based around? The simple comparison would be the Submachine gun, rifle, and machine gun, or the Thompson M1, M1 Garand, and Browning automatic rifle. The submachine gun had a magazine of 20-30 rounds, fired very quickly and was only 30 inches long, making it very easy to maneuver in close quarters. It's powerful hard-hitting .45 ACP was good at close ranges, but lacked the range of a rifle, effectively making the weapon completely useless past 150 yards in most circumstances, and barely serviceable past 100, and couldn't pierce armor. The M1 Garand could get out to 400-500 yards and theoretically 800 or more with the right ammunition, but on...
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