[BigEd]

Anyone have an "in" as to what it is?
All I know is what it's not
Not 6.8SPC it's supposed to be higher velocity/energy?
I've not kept up with it much but in maybe 5-10 years so much for the "GI Round"being 5.56.

 

[John in AR]

Don’t know what they’re thinking or planning. Personally if I was stuck with a ‘military issue’ carbine round, I’d want plain old M193. In an ideal world it would be launched from a 14-16 inch barrel with a progressive-gain twist ending at a 1:12 rate, which should make it just about mimic normal 20” velocities; but that’ll almost certainly never happen.

 

[BigEd]

What's really got me is this sounds like shades of the post WWII NATO trials for a standard assault rifle and cartridge.

Along with the quest for a new weapon the US Army did around 15 years ago in the ACR Program. Which they dropped.
What gets me is I'm hearing conflicting reports on progress.
Nothing really bad just that:
1). They are doing T&E selection on both a Weapon and a Cartridge (6.8caliber bore).
2.) The specific cartridge has been chosen so it's now down to T&E of a Specific Weapon System !?
So I'm wondering what is going on here?
I'm thinking over the past track record and how the new mis-adminstration is about the military that there's a chance it'll be cancelled unless they are way far in adopting it.

 

[Dorobuta]

Aren’t they looking at telescoping ammo? I thought that was the push around the 6.8....

 

[fredseviltwin]

6 mm ACR Hornady 6mm ARC: New Cartridge to Take AR-15 Platform to New Heights


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[BigEd]

Aren’t they looking at telescoping ammo? I thought that was the push around the 6.8....

I believe that was one of the cartridges being tested.

 

[BigEd]

6 mm ACR Hornady 6mm ARC: New Cartridge to Take AR-15 Platform to New Heights


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That ain't it I'm referring to a 6.8mm diameter not 6mn and the AR-15 may or may not be the chosen platform.

That may have sounded a bit abrupt.
I'm just trying to find more solid info in the 6.8cartridge the Army gas settled on or will settle on.
There is no request for proposal on a 6mm it's a 6.8 diameter cartridge.
Nothing wrong with Hornady I like their ammo, components and reloading equipment.
Just don't add up to what I'm referring to.

 

[Dorobuta]

I found this article on a new cartridge: Army’s new 6.8 ammo - looks like it is a new polymer cased round they’re evaluating. The case keeps the overall weight down. It’s interesting. This one is on weapons to use it: Weapon prototypes