Sisco Posted December 13, 2018 Report Posted December 13, 2018 http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2018/10/29/army-serious-about-fielding-6-8-caliber-round
Ravenworks Posted December 13, 2018 Report Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Sisco said: http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2018/10/29/army-serious-about-fielding-6-8-caliber-round I read about this some where else a week or so ago. Leave it to the Army to make it complicated, that you can bet on.
Magwa Posted December 14, 2018 Report Posted December 14, 2018 now we are talking the million dollar hammer again......
jtallen83 Posted December 14, 2018 Report Posted December 14, 2018 Prototypes in the near future is a long way from equipping the troops.
98Z5V Posted December 14, 2018 Report Posted December 14, 2018 I'm still not believing the 6.8 hype that Milley referred to, not at all. There isn't a 6.8 out there that is so much faster than 5.56 rounds, currently. Nor do those 6.8 (.270 guns) FAR OUTDISTANCE the 5.56 rounds in inventory (Mk 262 Mod 1). Nor will any 6.8 defeat most body armor out there. Read the comments below that linked article... This might be some weird, caseless shiit that's super secret. I know there's a Tucson ammo manufacturer that got told "SILENCE!" after a specific round was developed... Very little info out there on that one.
survivalshop Posted December 14, 2018 Report Posted December 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, 98Z5V said: I'm still not believing the 6.8 hype that Milley referred to, not at all. There isn't a 6.8 out there that is so much faster than 5.56 rounds, currently. Nor do those 6.8 (.270 guns) FAR OUTDISTANCE the 5.56 rounds in inventory (Mk 262 Mod 1). Nor will any 6.8 defeat most body armor out there. Read the comments below that linked article... This might be some weird, caseless shiit that's super secret. I know there's a Tucson ammo manufacturer that got told "SILENCE!" after a specific round was developed... Very little info out there on that one. Maybe they are talking about another 6.8 they tried & this new one is a better performer .? I'm betting on SIG ! ?
98Z5V Posted December 14, 2018 Report Posted December 14, 2018 Just now, survivalshop said: Maybe they are talking about another 6.8 they tried & this new one is a better performer .? I'm betting on SIG ! ? Gotta be. It's nothing in any 6.8 caliber that we know of, now. As soon as I saw SIG named in the list of contract entrants, I knew they already won...
Sisco Posted December 14, 2018 Author Report Posted December 14, 2018 Remington is supposedly developing,the round.
98Z5V Posted December 14, 2018 Report Posted December 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Sisco said: Remington is supposedly developing,the round. They developed the 6.8 SPC for SOF... in the first place...
98Z5V Posted December 22, 2018 Report Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 7:11 PM, 98Z5V said: I'm still not believing the 6.8 hype that Milley referred to, not at all. This idiot just got referred by Trump as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Which was against the recommendation made by Mad Dog Mattis... This is another (secondary) reason Mad Dog resigned. This administration is fucking up by the numbers, right now. From the top down. The VERY top.
unforgiven Posted December 22, 2018 Report Posted December 22, 2018 I would concur with your assessment brother.
Sisco Posted December 23, 2018 Author Report Posted December 23, 2018 On 12/21/2018 at 11:30 PM, 98Z5V said: This idiot just got referred by Trump as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Which was against the recommendation made by Mad Dog Mattis... This is another (secondary) reason Mad Dog resigned. This administration is fucking up by the numbers, right now. From the top down. The VERY top. Yeah Brother, and it worrys me.?
JF89 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Posted December 25, 2018 I posted this about a month ago with two similar links and everyone said it was bullpoopy, kind of funny how that works.
Sisco Posted December 25, 2018 Author Report Posted December 25, 2018 19 hours ago, JF89 said: I posted this about a month ago with two similar links and everyone said it was bullpoopy, kind of funny how that works. That’s because this bunch humors me, because they know I am so senile that if they don’t I will keep posting the same stuff over and over. Plus I have compromising photos of all of them. Don’t ask me how I got them. But being senile, I can’t remember who is who. ?
ARTrooper Posted December 25, 2018 Report Posted December 25, 2018 yeah I believe when JF89 posted about this I said in many words that this is impossible unless they have secretly come out with the next evolution of powder, case strength, and bullet. It's just media and politics.
98Z5V Posted December 25, 2018 Report Posted December 25, 2018 19 hours ago, JF89 said: I posted this about a month ago with two similar links and everyone said it was bullpoopy, kind of funny how that works. Did you post that here, brother, or was that on Full30?
jtallen83 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Posted December 25, 2018 20 hours ago, JF89 said: I posted this about a month ago with two similar links and everyone said it was bullpoopy, kind of funny how that works. If it makes you feel better I still think it is a big pile of
Robocop1051 Posted December 26, 2018 Report Posted December 26, 2018 I will put down a $100 to say the US military will NOT be replacing the 5.56x45 for their standard issue ammunition. I know there are special units using boutique stuff. There always has been. The concept of scrapping 1/4 million rifles and several billion rounds of ammo for an insignificant (possibly nonexistent) upgrade is asinine. The next generation of firearm will be an electronically assisted projectile. The technology is theoretically possible already, and on the verge of discovery. The 5.56 will be replaced with a steel constructed projectile, traveling hypersonic speeds.
ARTrooper Posted December 26, 2018 Report Posted December 26, 2018 17 hours ago, 98Z5V said: Did you post that here, brother, or was that on Full30? I was 99.9% sure it was here, but I can't find it... hmmm
392heminut Posted January 10, 2019 Report Posted January 10, 2019 On 12/13/2018 at 7:11 PM, 98Z5V said: This might be some weird, caseless shiit that's super secret. I know there's a Tucson ammo manufacturer that got told "SILENCE!" after a specific round was developed... Very little info out there on that one. You referring to my friend Charlie and his armor piercing round?
98Z5V Posted January 11, 2019 Report Posted January 11, 2019 6 hours ago, 392heminut said: You referring to my friend Charlie and his armor piercing round? Yep.
ARTrooper Posted January 11, 2019 Report Posted January 11, 2019 one of the biggest problem with caseless is overheating since a decent percentage of the heat created is actually removed when the case is ejected from the weapon.
JF89 Posted January 24, 2019 Report Posted January 24, 2019 Has there been anymore info released on this new 6.8 round?
washguy Posted January 24, 2019 Report Posted January 24, 2019 22 minutes ago, JF89 said: Has there been anymore info released on this new 6.8 round? Yeah do tell.....thought it was gonna happen? Wash
JF89 Posted January 24, 2019 Report Posted January 24, 2019 32 minutes ago, washguy said: Yeah do tell.....thought it was gonna happen? Wash Still might , right?
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