Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "US Army M4 replacement Military NGSW Program Explained" video.

  1.  @user-pq4by2rq9y  Yeah they can't actually touch the bullet. All parties were given the bullet and told to just make it happen.
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  2. The thing here is that the ammo is specialized to work in a certain weapon. The point the army is trying to go for is getting a system which complements each other naturally such as allowing a barrel to be 20 inches but still being under a certain length so you have a bullpup and then the true velocity ammo only has to get to a certain level. Sig made the gun a carbine and then made the ammo for it afterward because it was the only way to get 3000fps from a 13" barrel. Is it even possible for the textron ammo to work in a platform which isn't that weapon? That's the thing at hand here and why the army decided the caliber and told them to go wild.
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  3.  @cm-pr2ys  Yeah I think that's the only pair that's compatible and what we're going to get because they know that TV is an easy upgrade and an improvement in logistics, but the Spear is clearly the superior weapon. Though I've a soft spot for the textron bid as I've learned more about it.
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  4. Well the goal here seems to be very specific: hitting the enemy and taking them out of the fight from a much farther range. The reason for this is that the fire control systems will allow them to do so beyond the 300m range in which most fights took place. That's the point of this whole program in the first place
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  5. Does it get to 800m with that power?
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  6. I know they say they won't, but I can't see the army not sticking the TV in this rifle. Especially with what they can do with the cartridge. This is the rifle that the army wants. But TV is the ammo the army wants. It seems like the perfect pairing and TV is definitely attempting to show that they can be useful even without the weapon they're in the bid with and I absolutely believe they can get the velocity requirements from the 13" barrel with some tweaks. I imagine they can probably also pump out ammo faster being polymer than metal. And also extend the life of this rifle. And lower recoil. And basically just turn this rifle into a weapon that probably will be able to actually do it all. The issues of the rifle are primarily ammo related. TV just seems like the perfect pairing for this rifle to get everything the army wants. I really can't see them not having talks of getting the Spear into the hands of TV and asking them to see if they cab modify their 6.8 to get the required velocity out of the 13" barrel. If they can, and I believe they probably can, then it's the match made in heaven.
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  7. I agree. Similar to the Krinkov in being rear line service, but I also imagine it may be what would fill the submachine gun role for taking houses and the like
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  8. Give it about 50 years with the increase in battery capacity technology and the shrinking of the size.
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