Why the fuck did the army adopt a new .308 DMR if theyre adopting a 6.8 battle rifle.

Why the frick 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 frick off about adopting 6.8 they can still have some logistics comparability

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  1. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    They put that on hold

  2. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Because they (read: eternally moronic US Army generals) want to use both 7.62 NATO and 6.8mm, remember the 6.8 is a "intermediate cartridge" anon ;).

  3. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >tell the US to frick 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?

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      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?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Small arms' ammo isn't a problem for western powers to supply.
        This is just moronic

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          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

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            Vietnam
            >5.56
            >7.62
            >.45
            And?

            • 11 months ago
              Anonymous

              >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

              • 11 months ago
                Anonymous

                >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.

              • 11 months ago
                Anonymous

                Army snipers use .300NM and .338NM unless they're still using older 7.62 stuff.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >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

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        No, the "tip of the spear" units are all getting 6.8 only.

        Everyone else will get 5.56/7.62

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          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?

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            >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?

            >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

            >9mm
            Pfft
            like that's going to be a priority

            What were you expecting? A 6.8mm DMR?

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          I got a tip of the spear for you right here hahahaha
          In mah pants

  4. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    6.86x51mm is and will be a flop.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      This. .308 and .223 both got it right the first time, if you want anything else you can design it from those two cases.

  5. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    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.

  6. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    bump

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