Why the fuck did the army adopt a new .308 DMR if they’re adopting a 6.8 battle rifle. Is this just so when other NATO countries that barely got done fully switching to 5.56 tell the US to fuck off about adopting 6.8 they can still have some logistics comparability
They put that on hold
Because they (read: eternally retarded US Army generals) want to use both 7.62 NATO and 6.8mm, remember the 6.8 is a "intermediate cartridge" anon ;).
>tell the US to fuck off about adopting 6.8
The US isn't asking for anyone to adopt 6.8, and they're not reducing production of 5.56 ammo, so why are you inventing some fantasy that isn't happening?
They're going to be using 5.56, 7.62 NATO and 6.8mm then? A US Army rifle company will be using three small arms cartridges now?
Small arms' ammo isn't a problem for western powers to supply.
This is just retarded
You understand the US military moved from issuing both .30-06, .45 ACP and .30 Carbine for primary weapons after WWII for a reason, correct? And the SAW project had as one of its objectives making entire squads having one rifle cartridge available for logistic purposes.
Also:
>ESL
Vietnam
>5.56
>7.62
>.45
And?
>5.56
Only in M16s
>7.62
Only in M60s
>.45
Only in pistols.
And that's not getting into how the Marines and the Navy spent the first 3 years of the war with just M60s and M-14s, bringing the cartridges down to 2. And you only saw M14s alongside M16s due to temporary lack of M16s to replace them for a short period before 1967 for the Army and before 1968 for the Navy and Marines. Same thing for .30 carbine M2 carbines and .45 ACP submachine guns, none of it was standard weapons.
Now with nu-Sig's new fancy M14 you get in total in for example, a brigade or battalion:
>5.56
>7.62
>6.8
>9mm
>m16
So the commonly issued small arm
>only m60
M14 were still everywhere, plus it was used by snipers, and the Aussies who the US had to help supply.
>.45 only in pistols
And Grease guns, and Thompson, which were all used in theater by the US allies they supplied.
Army snipers use .300NM and .338NM unless they're still using older 7.62 stuff.
>A US Army rifle company will be using three small arms cartridges now?
No. A rifle company will have 6.8 and 7.62. The Brigade Support Battalion however might be using 5.56mm and the
No, the "tip of the spear" units are all getting 6.8 only.
Everyone else will get 5.56/7.62
You telling me there won't be a single 5.56 rifle or 7.62 machine gun in a entire 800 to 1k men battalion? Or a brigade?
>n a entire 800 to 1k men battalion
It is possible that there will be 6.8-equipped battalions and 5.56-equipped battalions.
>7.62 machine gun
may well be issued too
Why is this such a big problem for you?
>9mm
Pfft
like that's going to be a priority
What were you expecting? A 6.8mm DMR?
I got a tip of the spear for you right here hahahaha
In mah pants
6.86x51mm is and will be a flop.
This. .308 and .223 both got it right the first time, if you want anything else you can design it from those two cases.
IRL it doesn't matter much and anything newer than the 1960s is good enough with modern optics. The hobbyist fascination with rifles is because we can own them, not because any special snowflake rifle is going to win battles a different but reasonably similar weapon would lose.
None of the US wars after Southeast Asia would have different outcomes given identical small arms.
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