Posted: 8/5/2008 4:41:18 AM EDT
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Here's an article about the follow-on for the M249. Big weight reduction compared to the current SAW, using plastic-cased ammo. Caseless ammo is also in development for use down the road. The company I work for is developing this. Unfortunately, it's at another location and I can't talk them into sending me one for field evaluation.  www.nrapublications.org/TAR/LSAT.asp PDF Slideshow: www.dtic.mil/ndia/2007smallarms/5_9_07/Spiegel_820am.pdf ETA: fixed links |
woa. I can't wait 'till the "micro-stamping will save us" anti-gun crowd finds out about this! 
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| If they can achieve the weight savings and still have a good, if not better weapon than the current M-249 that will be awesome. The only downside I see to this is that this new version will no longer have ammo compatability with the M-16/M-4, unless the bigwigs are looking at re-inventing them to use the new type ammo. |
This is the shit of the future. The AR will have to be replaced or upgraded at some point. Even the good ol' .30-06 was replaced by the .308. |
Odds are that at this stage nothing is leaving the development facility. I doubt I could even get in to look at it, since I don't have an official need to be there. |