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Next years sees the close-combat folks get something a little harder hitting than the traditional 5.56mm. We’ve basically seen incremental changes in the little poodle-popper,\u00a0 the bullet weighing a bit more (from 55 grains to 62 grains) and making it ‘green’ so while we are killing folks we aren’t polluting as much. Repeat after me, a corpse shot with a green ecobullet stinks less in the sun, right?<\/p>\n
That new caliber, a special, Army-designed 6.8mm round, is the biggest change that shooters will see. The Next Generation Squad Weapon program had industry competitors build the weapon around the round.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In short, think of a .30 Remington shortened to hold a .270 bullet. Less recoil than a 7.62×51, slightly flatter trajectory, and a lighter round so the lads won’t be strained by all those nasty 7.62s. It does have an appreciable flatter trajectory, muzzle velocity, and muzzle energy than the benchmark Russian 7.62×39.<\/p>\n
\nThis past year, Sig Sauer won the $4.7 billion weapon contract and Vortex Optics and Sheltered Wings working together won the $2.7 billion NGSW-Fire Control.<\/p>\n
Once fielded, the M5 carbine replacement and the M250 SAW replacement, will allow users to shoot farther, faster with more accurate shots that are more lethal than the current 5.56mm round used in the two legacy weapons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The rest of the Army will continue using the M4 and M885A1 ammo we have been using.\u00a0 I can’t help but wonder why the legacy 7mm-08\u00a0 (essentially a 7.62×51 necked down to 7mm) wasn’t used. I am sure there are incremental differences…and those billions being expended had little to do with it.<\/p>\n
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