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  2. The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

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    1 hour ago, Sturgeon said:

     

    Different method of welding the receiver to the trunnion. Supposed to improve accuracy over the L85A2's LOL 4.12 MOA standard.

    My guess is that that is partially why the A3 is so expensive (besides the fact that they're re-rebuilding it again).

    AK-12 >> L85A2/L85A3
    Were the "old" Daniel Defense handguards free-floating? It's interesting they didn't go back to DD for new handguards...

  4. The Designer of The 6.8 SPC Rants About The 7mm Caliber

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

    Posted

    http://soldiersystems.net/2018/10/11/-the-bushmaster-unicorn-also-known-as-acr-caliber-conversions/#comments

     

    img_7384-440x214.jpg


    Now available in 6.8SPC!

    Sturgeon's next rifle, amirite? ^^

    Bushmaster - "We still haven't figured out timing matters" 

     

    (FWIW, up here an OEM Bushmaster barrel etc. costs almost 1000CAD, and the rifle retails for over 3000CAD...an APC223 is cheaper than a comparable ACR)

  6. The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Sturgeon said:

     

    L2A2 is worse. 100 ft/s slower and with a deliberately thicker jacket so it never ever fragments.

    And the Britbongs still bitch about its lethality.

    Euroweaklings think it's humane to icepick an enemy so that they slowly die of blood loss.

    Comrade Stalin approves!
    So lethal against old Soviet helmets at 500m though!

  12. The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

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    On 11/16/2018 at 8:24 AM, Belesarius said:

    My favorite comment on TFB:

     

    " I predict it to be DOA. Price and the fact it looks like the love child of a valmet and a highpoint conceived in the back of a surplus unimog. "

     

    Will probably be the case.
    I doubt there'll be much interest in a repro of a previously unsuccessful design. Especially at that price point.
    If it were a modernised Leader (done right, not like the MPAR), then the MSRP would be warranted.

  15. The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

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    American Leader T2 Introduction (YT)

    https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/11/15/australian-leader-t2-rifle-to-be-made-in-usa/

     

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    The company plans to initially make 250 rifles with the estimated start of delivery being the Spring of 2019. The MSRP is $1,250. St. George Arms is currently taking 50% deposits. You can preorder the rifle on the company’s Gun Broker page.

    Lol, preordering a firearm.

     

    (how do I embed youtube videos?)

  17. The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

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    UK Award Heckler & Koch $95 million Contract For SA80 Rifle Upgrade

     

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    The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued a notice on the 28th October that NSAF Ltd., the UK subsidiary of Heckler & Koch, will be contracted to upgrade 44,000 rifles to A3 standard. The contract is reported to be worth £75 million or $95.6 million. This gives a roughly estimated per rifle cost of £1,700, expensive when compared to the cost of a milspec M4 for example. The A2 upgrade is said to have cost £400 per rifle (a somewhat conservative estimate), while the A3 upgrade does include new upper receivers the cost seems prohibitively high. There has been no comment on the contract from Heckler & Koch as yet, nor an official statement from the MoD.

    The A3 upgrade fixes issues with the over-rotation of the selector lever, adds a new upper receiver and refurbishes the lower. The rifle is also cerakoted flat dark earth. A new custom forend from H&K has been added and a full-length top rail improves optic mounting. The rifle’s barrel is also now free floated improving accuracy.

     

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    The news has garnered some tabloid attention with a recent Telegraph article seizing upon a quote from Major Ollie Pope, of the Infantry Trials and Development Unit, who described the A3 as “a more accurate more lethal weapon than almost anyone else out there.”

     

    To put that into perspective, the retail price of a 15.7" Colt Canada Gen3 IUR is 2379.95CAD or £1385.10
     

  18. Documents Repository: Small Arms

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

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    6 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:

    @CDNcommissar I've written a bit about the soldier's load:

    World War II vs. Today: Comparing the Soldier’s Load in Two Eras

     

    More on the Soldier’s Load: Pounds Upon Pounds

     

    An Analysis of the Soldier’s Load with 6.5mm Cased Telescoped Ammunition (Part 1)

     

    An Analysis of the Soldier’s Load with 6.5mm Cased Telescoped Ammunition (Part 2)

     

    Are We Gearing Up to Lose the Next War? Overmatch, Part 2: Bullets & Backbreakers

     

    What Would a Long Range Sharpshooter Infantry Paradigm Look Like? Part 1: The Weapons

     

    What Would a Long Range Sharpshooter Infantry Paradigm Look Like? Part 2: Accounting and Training

     

    What Would a Long Range Sharpshooter Infantry Paradigm Look Like? Part 3: Organization and Tactics

     

    Why The Army’s Next Round HAS to Be Light – In Just One Simple Example

     

    How Much Does Your Ammo Weigh?

     

    Where to Draw the Line? Managing the Weight of Next Generation Universal Calibers Using a Weight Calculator


    Thank you for the links, I've read some of those articles in the past, but I want to re-read them more carefully :)

    IMO, Infantry mobility >> more powerful rifle cartridge


    @Sturgeon
    This NATO STO paper might be of interest to you, it deals with soldier's load
    RTO-TR-HFM-080, "Optimizing Operational Physical Fitness"

  19. The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.

    in Infantry Tools & Tactics

    Posted

    2012-vintage GPC and AR15 replacement herpderp, courtesy of the Military Review, the US Army's Professional Journal


    "AN ARMY OUTGUNNED: Physics Demands A New Basic Combat Weapon" by Joseph P. Avery, Ph.D


    Two observations: 1)Title mentions a new "BCW", but not why. 2)Yes he has a PhD, but it's not a STEM degree
     

     

    Homeslice needs to "stay in his lane" ;)

    I've skimmed through the first 4 paragraphs so far, and each is built a a derp-diamond:

    (bolding courtesy of your CDNcommissar, the helpful politest commissar)


    The bulk of the first paragraph:

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    Despite an increasing portfolio of enemies that are flexible, well armed, and robust, our Army, Marine Corps, and special operations forces have been stuck for decades hauling assault rifles firing NATO 5.56x45 millimeter (mm) (.223 caliber) varmint rounds over a half-century old. A decade into a new century, we need to adopt a more robust projectile and basic combat weapon (BCW) to meet current and emerging performance requirements. Despite incremental improvements, the M16 rifle and its 5.56 mm NATO round are unable to compete effectively in current and anticipated combat environments because of the physics of ballistic performance, combat terrain, and the nature and fighting characteristics of the enemy.

    lol no

    Second paragraph - MP.44 and AK-47 derp:

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    When the first official assault rifle appeared on the battlefield, the German MP-44, named the “Sturmgewehr” or assault rifle, its purpose was to provide German infantry with greater firepower by replacing the five-round, 8 mm, bolt-action K98 Mauser with the 30-round, 7.92 mm, fully automatic assault rifle. This development was a significant leap in firepower for the individual combat soldier in World War II. It is no accident that the highly rated and prolific Russian AK-47 looks very similar to the MP-44 that was introduced five years earlier. Hugo Schmeisser, the captured German designer of the MP-44, was working in the same Russian factory where Mikhail Kalashnikov was designing the AK-47, and Schmeisser obviously provided great influence in the design.

    lolwut
    Jesus, no
    #triggered

    Third paragraph - Blathers on about Marshall's nonsense, before mentioning that Marshall was spewing nonsense
    But wait! There's more, Peak Derp (of this paragraph) is achieved in the last sentence:

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    American weapons development continued to assume that we needed weapons that could discharge a large volume of “shoot and spray” fire—not well aimed and placed shots.

    u wot m8?
    "The Cult of the Rifleman"

    Forth paragraph's Peak Derp, again in the last sentence:

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    Today, the combat environment is very different, and the enemy is frequently quite visible at all ranges from close quarters to over 1,000 yards.

    wrong.gif
    FIND (from FIND, FIX, FIGHT, FINISH) (the more contemporary version F2T2EA is FIND, FIX, TRACK, TARGET, ENGAGE, ASSESS...IMHO a worse acronym, but I digress) is still extremely difficult. The enemy still gets a vote. 
    He is equivocating long LOS with higher visibility.
    A handful of counterexamples to his point that today's combat environment is different: the steppes of the Eastern Front had quite long LOS, the desert combat of Desert Storm had quite long LOS etc etc
    It's not really any different. Conflict occurs in environments where humans are, just as it always has. 

     

    This is a important aspect of the disadvantages with 5.56 replacements, they neglect the difficulties with FIND (while and/or assuming perfect conditions for a more powerful cartridge)
    His reasoning: combat environment is different, longer LOS -> MOAR VISIBLE -> 223 POODLE VARMINT SHOOTER LACKS RANGE

    Fifth paragraph: MUH THURDY CAL WOOD AND STEEL(?)

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    In 1957, the Army selected and issued the 20-round, automatic, 150 grain (gr.), 7.62x51 mm M14 rifle as the new American BCW. It was not enthusiastically embraced because it was too long, too heavy (11.5 lbs loaded), and had a powerful recoil (17.25 lbs). Despite these drawbacks, the M14’s maximum effective range was a respectable 460 meters with the sniper version having a range of 690 to 800 meters. Limited enthusiasm about the heavy M14 led to an immediate search for its replacement.

    ugh
    TO BE CONTINUED?

  23. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Belesarius said:

    Would be one of the smartest things he could do, and might actually do something to make the US a better place to live. The war on drugs is fucking retarded and that has been obvious for a very very very long fucking time.

     

    Corporate for profit prisons are also... way beyond sketchy.

     

    A lot of "conservatives" (especially socons) don't accept that anti-pot, let alone anti-WOD (as well as anti-gay marriage and anti-abortion), conservative politicians face an uphill battle.

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