Posted on May 10, 2018
U.S. Army Getting New Machine Gun Round, Special Ops Getting New Sniper Bullet
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Posted 6 y ago
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Posted 6 y ago
In the photo for this article, the Soldier seems to be firing the SAW with the 200 round drum. In the 90s, that was a plastic drum with plastic "cleat" (not sure what else to call it) where connected to the weapon itself. The 200 round belt would bang against the plastic making a very loud noise every time you took a step and on account of the plastic "cleat" the drum would often fall off. However, we got issued some 100-round canvas bags with zippers that had metal "cleats" instead of plastic. You would take the 200 round drum, pull out the belt, twist in half to get 2 100-round belts, load those into your canvas zipper bags and you were then quiet and didn't have anything falling off your weapon. But I don't see those in most photos. So, either they have fixed the 200 round drums, or folks don't seem to know about the canvas bag alternative. I realize this had nothing to do with new ammunition, but if you made it this far, thanks for reading.
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Posted 6 y ago
Couple posts on this yesterday or day before as will. Seems to be a mixed bag on whether or not this is a good idea. I'll let you infantry folks decide on that. As long as my bomb is no less than 500lbs of he I'm happy.
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Posted 6 y ago
It’s going to be interesting to see how the “new “ rounds will do in combat.
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SFC George Sease I kinda want to see that as well I hope it turns out like the 338 Lapua another good non issued round.
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