Comments by "Geoffrey Lyons" (@granatmof) on "We Test The US Military's Newly Adopted .277 Fury Round" video.

  1. Nah the 556 has proved strategically effective as a round against unarmored targets for decades in level ground. The new round is just built from lessons learned against targets uphill from your forces and when facing armored forces at range. In Afghanistan, there would be enemies firing AK47s raining bullets down on a patrol and the 556 just couldn't reach back up to take them out. I'm still looking forward to see how the limited rollout is going and how units are adapting tactics and really putting the weapon through its paces. My money is it may just become a designated marksman weapon, while riflemen keep the M4. That way the DM and the MG are on the same round at least.
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  2. This is supposed to be lethal at 800m unarmored and like 600m, or several hundred yards at least. The ranges you test at for ballistic gels are all "close range" for this weapon.
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