Army Chief Offers New Details on 6.8mm Next-Gen Squad Weapons

[GOYABEAN]

Pfc. Tyler Kramer, a mechanic with I Company, 3rd Combined Arms Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division qualifies on an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a range Feb. 1, 2018 at Fort Stewart, Ga. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Ian Thompson)
Military.com8 Oct 2018By Matthew Cox
The U.S. Army's chief of staff said Monday that its 6.8mm, next-generation weapons, slated to replace the M249 squad automatic weapon and the M4A1 carbine, will be able to penetrate any body armor on the battlefield.

"It will fire at speeds that far exceed the velocity of bullets today, and it will penetrate any existing or known ... body armor that's out there," Gen. Mark Milley told Military.com at the 2018 Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition. "What I have seen so far from the engineers and the folks that put these things together, this is entirely technologically possible. ... It's a very good weapon."

Army Chief Offers New Details on 6.8mm Next-Gen Squad Weapons

 

[Marine Cpl]

Dupe.

The U.S. Army Chose a New Bullet for Its New Rifles

 

[Acer-m14]

The U.S. Army's chief of staff said Monday that its 6.8mm, next-generation weapons, slated to replace the M249 squad automatic weapon and the M4A1 carbine, will be able to penetrate any body armor on the battlefield.

and you let the cat out of bag .. WTF were you thinking ..

 

[reinhardt]

And before you know it someone will turn cotton candy into a material which cannot be penetrated by any small arm now or in the next decade. The good General will retire and start working as a consultant for an armaments manufacturer and the beat goes on.

 

[That_FNG]

They should just go with belt fed American 180 machine gun.

 

[Twogunwilly]

Going to need bullets to penetrate smug if the librecommies rise up.