New military telescoped ammunition?!

[clearconscience]

New Experimental Army Rifle Uses "Telescoped" Ammunition


Looks interesting, but I'm skeptical.

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[Kruel J]

^^^Same.

 

[mrblond]

just by what I read, it sounds like their new ammo will just work in their new rifle. The company seems to want to be the Apple of the gun world.

 

[clearconscience]

Yeah we reinvented the wheel!

Now all we need you to do is buy the ammo and rifles.
That will be $20B up front please

 

[partsed]

Interesting article.

 

[Brutus57]

It is interesting...this might be the next big advance in firearms/ammo. 25 years ago folks thought the 2015 soldier would have lasers in the 40 gigawatt face-melting range.....still a ways off it seems. I could see this "taking off"...... or not.

Brutus Out

 

[cigars]

It is interesting...this might be the next big advance in firearms/ammo. 25 years ago folks thought the 2015 soldier would have lasers in the 40 gigawatt face-melting range.....still a ways off it seems. I could see this "taking off"...... or not.

Brutus Out

Not face melting lasers but body-heating microwaves. We're almost there. Too bad they don't let us take the gloves off these days. If something like those CT rounds ever were deployed the ROE's would probably have a special chapter just for them in case we ever dare to strike fear in the enemy's hearts.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Didn't really dig into it but "telescoped"?. it looks like caseless ammo.

 

[Stomper]

Meh.... K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid!

 

[Joe13]

The US is too cheap to retool for all new rifles and ammo...

Hell, they couldn't keep enough soldiers in body armor last go round and families were sending them what they could buy here...

 

[RVTECH]

it looks like caseless ammo.

Yea that was my first thought. This has been tried before. I still don't understand the 'telescoped' reference.

 

[Stomper]

It must refer to the inevitability of increased cost...

 

[Certaindeaf]

Yea that was my first thought. This has been tried before. I still don't understand the 'telescoped' reference.

It must be a new form of clickbait as caseless has been around for what, decades?

 

[Stomper]

Yes, HK was pushing that back in '86-'88. It was a huge buzz, their rotating breech/chamber rifle they were working on and then poof... never heard about since.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Yes, HK was pushing that back in '86-'88. It was a huge buzz, their rotating breech/chamber rifle they were working on and then poof... never heard about since.

Yep.. and they are always "working on it".. God bless 'em..

 

[Stomper]

Always working and refining.... so.... Tuetonic, ja?

 

[JRuby]

if i want something that out performs the 5.56 i will use the 7.62 i see little need for a rifle / round that fits in the middle. Dont need to reinvent the wheel IMHO

 

[Flopsweat]

if i want something that out performs the 5.56 i will use the 7.62 i see little need for a rifle / round that fits in the middle. Dont need to reinvent the wheel IMHO

We already have that. It's called 300BLK. Or 7.62x39 I suppose.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Yeabut this unicorn is more powerful than a 70gr .223 @3400fps (M855A1 ballparked) so it's magic!

 

[P7M13]

Yes, HK was pushing that back in '86-'88. It was a huge buzz, their rotating breech/chamber rifle they were working on and then poof... never heard about since.

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