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Kodiac · October 31, 1998, 11:30 PM

Yeah, SABOT rounds are great...
The Army was working on a smooth bore M2 - the fifty cal machinegun, it fired expierimental fin stabalized, discarding sabot rounds. Penetrators were tungston I think.
One advantage of the smoothbore is higher velocity over a rifle due to reduced friction. Flatter trajectory... less crittical rangfinding - easier to hit with improved accuracy.
A lot less fouling too.
I don't know if the Army has continued that project - I haven't heard about it for a few years, since I saw it. they were also working on a milimeter wave radar for targeting too... but I think that project was killed off quick.

October 31, 1998, 11:30 PM	#7
Kodiac Senior Member Join Date: August 16, 1999 Posts: 1,173	Yeah, SABOT rounds are great... The Army was working on a smooth bore M2 - the fifty cal machinegun, it fired expierimental fin stabalized, discarding sabot rounds. Penetrators were tungston I think. One advantage of the smoothbore is higher velocity over a rifle due to reduced friction. Flatter trajectory... less crittical rangfinding - easier to hit with improved accuracy. A lot less fouling too. I don't know if the Army has continued that project - I haven't heard about it for a few years, since I saw it. they were also working on a milimeter wave radar for targeting too... but I think that project was killed off quick.