Army plans to pick three vendors to build prototypes of their new 6.8 weapons

ed308 · January 13, 2019, 10:58 AM

More on the Army's plan for their new 6.8 cartridge...

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-...s-and-marines/

Fishbed77 · January 14, 2019, 11:37 AM

Army Times articles are about as reliable as this:

Glenn E. Meyer · January 14, 2019, 01:22 PM

The guns will be issued to the Marines who man the 155 mm guns on the Zumwalts when they finally become operational.

This is a sarcastic take on whether the Armed Forces are going to redo all their weapons to 6.8 when they have much more serious procurement needs.

Fishbed77 · January 14, 2019, 02:57 PM

Quote:

This is a sarcastic take on whether the Armed Forces are going to redo all their weapons to 6.8 when they have much more serious procurement needs.

Indeed. The military needs a replacement carbine about as much as they need a replacement pistol.

Oh wait...

Never underestimate the ability of the US government to needlessly separate taxpayers from their hard-earned dollars

FITASC · January 14, 2019, 03:17 PM

Eisenhower warned us about the Military Industrial Complex.

January 13, 2019, 10:58 AM	#1
ed308 Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 2016 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,147	Army plans to pick three vendors to build prototypes of their new 6.8 weapons More on the Army's plan for their new 6.8 cartridge... https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-...s-and-marines/

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Fishbed77 Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2010 Posts: 4,862	Army Times articles are about as reliable as this: Last edited by Fishbed77; January 14, 2019 at 12:06 PM.

January 14, 2019, 01:22 PM	#3
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,064	The guns will be issued to the Marines who man the 155 mm guns on the Zumwalts when they finally become operational. This is a sarcastic take on whether the Armed Forces are going to redo all their weapons to 6.8 when they have much more serious procurement needs. __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens

January 14, 2019, 03:17 PM	#5
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,441	Eisenhower warned us about the Military Industrial Complex. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

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