"The USMC M27 IAR" Topic
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| Dennis0302 | 02 Jan 2018 4:15 p.m. PST |
YouTube link
A really good video on the M27 and its' background. |
| Lion in the Stars | 03 Jan 2018 3:23 p.m. PST |
Kinda funny that the USMC specifically wanted magazine-fed as a sniper countermeasure. |
| Legion 4 | 04 Jan 2018 2:44 p.m. PST |
If I in understand it correctly. With the longer LOS/ranges in the deserts and mountains in places like A'stan. They needed a full .30 cal round. Which has a longer range vs. the M16/M4's .223/5.56mm. |
| Lion in the Stars | 04 Jan 2018 5:47 p.m. PST |
@L4: No, the M27 is 5.56mm, and really intended for urban operations. The remaining M249 SAWs come out to play in the fields. Though I did recently see a new .223-cal round that is crazy flat-shooting. Someone took the 6.8SPC and necked it down to 5.56mm bullets, then made very heavy bullets specifically for it, 90-100 grain slugs. Called the .224 Valkyrie. |
| Legion 4 | 05 Jan 2018 8:21 a.m. PST |
Doh !  I must be thinking of another weapon !  |
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gets his hands on some fields and fences.