Army going with 6.8mm?

I've had both the 6.8 and 6.5g, great rounds out of an AR15. After getting a 6.5 Creedmoor, didn't see any reason to keep the g and sold it.

A 12.5" 6.8 has been my main deer rifle for several years, love the setup and haven't seen anything that could replace it. The 6.8 has already been proven in other countries with the Six8, pair that with belt fed and you have the answer for a nice 5.56 replacement.
 
Wasn't this 6.8 stuff already discussed, debated, considered or whatever the crap about 10 years ago? :confused:

Did I hit a post deployment time warp? I could've swore this exact debate was happening just at the beginning of deer season 2009 timeframe when I got back... WTH is going on here.... I'm so confused
 
Seems folks forget that the Army almost adopted the .276 Pederson Cartridge in the M1 back in 1935 but MacArthur wanted the rifle in .30 Govt. The 6.5 Grendel doesn't lead for full auto weapons like the 6.8 does (it was designed for that role)

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Combat Diver said:
Seems folks forget that the Army almost adopted the .276 Pederson Cartridge in the M1 back in 1935 but MacArthur wanted the rifle in .30 Govt. The 6.5 Grendel doesn't lead for full auto weapons like the 6.8 does (it was designed for that role)

CD
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Nobody needs fully automatic weapons! Or so I've been told. :p
 
Silver_Bullet said:
Whatever round they choose should take off with civilians based on history. 45-70, 30-06, 308, 223 all still popular rounds and here to stay it seems.
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If the military decided to go with Prius to replace their Humvee they couldn't make them fast enough. Everyone would have one or two of the POS' in their driveway. I do enjoy the old 30-06, but 5.56 and the .308 have and always will be poop rounds IMO.
 
So what would the changeover to a new round cost? The article the OP linked to refers to the new round as "more accurate and deadly". I'm guessing that if they spent all that "round changeover" money on some additional training & practice the soldiers could be more accurate & deadly with the round they're already using. According to what I read in another post on this forum ( see below ) "it's not the arrow, it's the Indian".

https://www.carolinafirearmsforum.c...of-the-rifle-makes-the-most-difference.33214/

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Just throwing this into the mix as an FYI:

Knights Armament 6.5 Creedmoor Lightweight Assault Machine Gun, 550 rpm.

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http://soldiersystems.net/2018/10/08/ausa-18-6-5-cm-lamg-by-knights-armament-co/
 
Grim said:
Looks like Sig is getting into the mix with some oddball caliber (.338 Norma Mag)

http://soldiersystems.net/2018/10/0...tion-next-generation-squad-weapon-candidates/
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Don't forget about it's necked down sibling the .300 Norma Magnum. This is the new caliber for SOCOM's Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR).

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/06/01/socom-chooses-300-norma-magnum-for-asr/

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For the nitty gritty comparison between .338 Lapua and .300 Norma:

http://precisionrifleblog.com/2018/06/06/300-norma-mag-custom-elr-rifle/

http://www.accuracy1stdg.com/content/docs/binder7.pdf
 
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