"Army Future Program Merges .50-Cal Machine Gun & Mk 19 " Topic
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20 Feb 2017 5:27 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "Army Future Program Merges .50-Cal Machine Gun & Mk 19 " to "Army Future Program Merges .50-Cal Machine Gun & Mk 19 "
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| Tango01 | 20 Feb 2017 3:24 p.m. PST |
…Grenade.Launcher into 1 Weapon. "The Army is in the early stages of beginning to create requirements for a new externally-mounted weapon to replace both the M2 .50-cal machine gun and the Mk19 grenade launcher. The idea is to simulteneously lighten the load of mobile attack forces while increasing their lethaltiy and envelope of attack with a single system that achieves the offensive firepower, and desired combat effects, of both weapons. "This will be one weapon with a totally different new type of ammo that is not yet even in the developmental phase," Laura Battista, Product Management Engineer, told Scout Warrior in an interview…"
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 Legion 4  | 20 Feb 2017 4:32 p.m. PST |
I await this "wonder weapon's" creation … Sounds a bit too good to be true ? |
| Striker | 20 Feb 2017 7:02 p.m. PST |
This will be one weapon with a totally different new type of ammo that is not yet even in the developmental phase At least they tried a little bit to avoid saying "there's no limit to the amount of money we can tack on to this boondoggle". I applaud their effort. |
| zoneofcontrol | 20 Feb 2017 7:54 p.m. PST |
Aftermarket options hope to include: bayonet, flamethrower, campfire starter, latrine digger and energy drink dispenser. |
| Lion in the Stars | 20 Feb 2017 9:24 p.m. PST |
The army tried one version of that idea with the XM307/XM312 weapons duo. Weighed 50lbs in either .50cal or 25mm grenade version, but was a bit too slow in the ROF department for the .50cal version at ~260rpm. Personally, I'm not sure you can get a .50cal bullet to pack enough boom to make an HEFrag round viable (crud, the Army couldn't get that enough out of a 20mm bullet). So this is going to be a 20+mm weapon. |
| ScoutJock | 21 Feb 2017 9:31 a.m. PST |
Which pretty much means the existing 30 mm chain gun could do the job… |
| Lion in the Stars | 22 Feb 2017 12:00 a.m. PST |
@Scoutjock: I've read that someone built a 30x113mm machine gun that is light enough that it could replace .50cals if you add a recoil cradle to the tripod like the old German sustained-fire tripods. Gas-powered, not a chain gun. It was called the ASP-30. link says it's 52kg, which should be reducible with the use of titanium and maybe a carbon-fiber barrel. Fit the beast with Programmable Pre-Fragmented ammo like the Bofors AHEAD and the related sensors (rangefinder and muzzle velocity coils), should be a finished product. |
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