Comments by "The Immortal" (@theimmortal4718) on "Task & Purpose"
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@quellenathanar
Yes, it is more powerful. We've had a round very similar in power for decades. There's several reasons we don't field it to every infantryman.
Overall, if you bring an assault rifle to a battle space where most contacts are past 500 meters, you will struggle to hit.
If you bring a battle rifle to a battle space where most contacts are under 300, you will lose firepower superiority, run out of ammo, and get rolled up quickly. We know this already.
We also know one hard rule learned in blood- carry too much weight, and you're combat ineffective. The most a soldier can effectively carry on the approach march is 50% of his body weight, and 25% in a fight.
A 200 pound man can only effectively fight with 50 pounds of gear.
If a soldier carries 25 pounds of armor, 12 pounds of water, and a 13 pound weapon, he's already at 50 pounds.
6.8x51mm ammo (21.5 grams) is nearly twice the weight of 5.56x45mm ammo (12 grams). A simple load of 300 rounds in 5.56 is 10 pounds. It's nearly 20 pounds in 6.8.
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The most important components of modern combat vehicles in modern war are its optics and targeting systems. The vehicle that can detect, target, and hit a threat first wins. Protection is secondary, as it is defensive.
Better thermals and day optics, stabilization, more precise range finding, and more accurate weapon trump's anything else.
A low profile, quieter and cooler engine signature, better camouflage, lower ground pressure, and speed to quickly displace are more important than thick armor and APS.
By the time you rely on those, you've already failed most of your priorities. I'd much rather engage a threat vehicle first with a devastating hit than get in a gunfight in a phone booth
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@josephdeliz3455
You are mistaken.
In the army, heavy weapons companies only exist in light infantry divisions.
It's not the same as in the corps.
Yes, I have been in the line most of my career, aside from being in a BN sniper section for 2 years. I was also a WSL in the 101st for 2 years. I've now been in fir nearly 20 years and am currently a company first sergeant.
We brought out javelins several times in my time in Iraq (3)and Afghanistan (2). In fact, we often used the CLU as a night observation device separate from the missile. My platoon fired 2 in 2003 and 1 in 2005.
I'm Afghanistan, I watched them being employed twice. All of these were while in line platoons with both 3-15 INF and 1-327
Not all line platoons in the army are the same. We have light, heavy, and Stryker platoons. Light platoons carry javelins only when armor is expected, but heavy carries one in the back of every Brad. Stryker platoons have 2 javelin teams in the TO&E of every weapons squad, though they also are usually stored in the Stryker.
My greater point is that just because a weapon might need to be crossloaded if the issued soldier goes down isn't any reason to negate it's usefulness.
If the SAW Gunner goes down, another soldier will grab it and his ammo.
If a 240 Gunner goes down, another soldier will do the same.
I feel it would be much more effective going forward for each squad (3 per platoon) to carry one M32 than 2 single shot 320's. The ability to reengage without breaking off the sight picture is much more effective than a 320 Gunner doing so after each shot. A dedicated Gunner also means he'll be firing grenades, like he should, rather than firing a rifle. In my experience, most grenadiers act like they forgot they have one until their team leaders screams at him that he needs HE somewhere.
Our biggest problem us that we don't train enough with our GL's. Due to regulations involving live fire ranges and impact areas, you can't fire GLs on the same ranges as the rest of your weapons. We can fire chalk rounds on squad lanes, as we did this current train up for our current deployment. Unfortunately, the GL is seriously underestimated and neglected, treated as an afterthought. In fact, during a training cycle, it's difficult to get our gunners to a qual range more than twice.
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