"Growing Interest In .338 Caliber Machine Guns" Topic

6 Posts

All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.

Please avoid recent politics on the forums.

For more information, see the TMP FAQ.

Back to the Firearms Message Board

Areas of Interest

Renaissance
18th Century
Napoleonic
American Civil War
19th Century
World War One
World War Two on the Land
Modern

Featured Hobby News Article

Printable EZ Armies: Mexican Revolution Available

Featured Recent Link

Flintcon 2022 some photos and observations

Featured Ruleset

Send Not To Know

Rating:

Featured Showcase Article

Battlefront's 15mm Guards Mortar Battery

Warcolours Painting Studio paints Battlefront's Soviet rocket battery.

Featured Profile Article

Battle Cry in Miniature

A Civil War boardgame is adapted to miniature wargaming.

Tango01	18 Jan 2020 8:54 p.m. PST
"Dillon Aero has revealed that it is working on a new Minigun-style machine gun chambered to fire .338 Norma Magnum ammunition. U.S. Special Operations Command is separately testing more traditional machine gun designs in this same caliber, which has previously been more commonly associated with sniper rifles. The Arizona-based gunmaker posted a picture of the still-experimental prototype on its official Facebook page on Jan. 15, 2020. The company says it will show the gun publicly for the first time at the upcoming 2020 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, which opens next week. Dillon Aero is best known as one of the few remaining manufacturers of versions of the iconic 7.62mm Minigun machine gun, which General Electric first designed and built in the late 1950s and early 1960s…" YouTube link Main page link Seems that US Special Forces like what these guns can offer …. "US Special Operations Command just picked up a new lightweight machine gun" link Amicalement Armand
JMcCarroll	19 Jan 2020 8:25 a.m. PST
Fills the gap from the .30 cal. to the .50 cal.
Tango01	19 Jan 2020 3:27 p.m. PST
Agree. Amicalement Armand
Aethelflaeda was framed	21 Jan 2020 6:43 p.m. PST
Is there really a gap? Otis this a gap created to justify yet another weapon sale. Logistics remains a consideration that a new weapon caliber doesn't help at all.
Legion 4	22 Jan 2020 7:37 a.m. PST
I got a similar article on Military.com link A lighter MG that is effective would always be welcomed to the Grunts carrying it. The Grunts' load is and will be lightened in the future in a number of areas. But as always logistics is also a big factor.
Tango01	22 Jan 2020 11:23 a.m. PST
Good question…. Amicalement Armand

Sorry - only verified members can post on the forums.