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A slight improvement won't do it
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Which is why the Small Arms Survey was conducted and reached its conclusions BEFORE prototyping occurred.
Simply put,
5.56mm capability to defeat body armor is non existent and is lacking at CQB range legality enough to warrant replacement now.
The studies have been done...the military knows what it wants cartridge wise and is simply looking for a platform to load it into....'
That ship has sailed.
Those platforms are either built or rushing to get into a rapidly closing window. What ever is submitted will enter next phase testing.
They are not going to wait around for pie in the sky when 5.56mm simply is inadequate for the warfighter.
But I guess we can hope, right?