US Army OFFICIALLY HAS A NEW PRIMARY WEAPON
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Publicado 2022-05-06
I've been following the NGSW rifle program for 3 years ever since it started. Thanks to all of you subscribing I've gotten the chance to try out the new XM5 and XM250. The 6.8 x 51mm new ammo type will replace the old M4 and 5.56mm in the US Army. This change will mainly be for the close combat ground forces like your infantry, combat medics, engineers, forward observers and possibly special forces.
I've seen criticism floating around the internet about how the weapon might not be a good fit for the US Army and that its a return to an old outdated battle rifle philosophy that was proven to be obsolete in the 1950s. I want to investigate that idea in this video.
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Hey spare parts army! Thanks for watching the last 3 years of NGSW videos. Stay prepared and armed for all the deals using DealDash! Use the promo code TASK for a bonus worth $10 when making your first bid pack purchase and start bidding at www.dealdash.com/TASK CORRECTION: The Lake City Ammunition Plant is in Independence, Missouri, not Utah like I said like a dummy.
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The new optic is arguably more important than the rifle itself. Although to utilize the optic and squeeze out all its juices you’d need a round that could keep up with it.
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When I was in the German army, I was shooting the old, "overpowered" HK G3. While I was kind of envious that other armies had lighter guns, and the recoil was no joke, that 7.62 full metal jacket ammunition gave me the fuzzy warm feeling that a wall wasn't really a sufficient cover for an enemy.
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6.20 I think another thing that lead to the larger caliber is the realization of how little we used select/full auto fire. Most firefights were still semi-auto so recoil control on full auto isn't as big an issue.
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I think beyond all other reasons, the reason for the caliber switch is because the massive increase in combat ranges. Vietnam the 5.56 was sufficient at an effective range of about 300m. Fighting across a desert ranges can get much farther
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I was in the 6th grade in 1961 when a kid in our class brought in a news article about the new M16 and read it out loud. It stated that the new rifle fired a small bullet but the "hydrostatic shock" of this high velocity round could cause death even if the enemy was shot through the hand. Funny how you remember some things.
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Really wonder how this is going to effect the NATO stand since the reason the standard is 5.56 is because it would limit the ammo insecurity amongst ourselves
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I really like your program it's very informative being an ex-M249 gunner in the late 1980's. Keep up the good work man. I too support the change in caliber and the technology has finally caught up. I hate to see the SAW be replaced but now we need the new weapons.
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The Lake City Army Ammunition plant is located in Independence, Missouri (just east of Kansas City), not Utah. It opened in 1941 and is the main supplier of small arms ammo for the Department of Defense. Although it is government owned, it is operated by a private contractor under close supervision by DoD and works with other related private companies in arms and ammo development.
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Just a small correction on the SIG origins: SIG actually stands for Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft, „Swiss Industry Corporation“ so its a swiss based Company it merged with J.P. Sauer & Sohn of germany to become SIG Sauer. Keep up the great work! Love your channel.
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I'm old enough to remember a lot of talk when the m-16 was adopted. The older crowd of WW2 veterans thought it was just another "McNamara" boondoggle by his gang of bean counters. I respectfully add this now to give their perspective to the conversation.
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Between the 80,000psi chamber pressure and the two piece cartridge case, the first time one of those goes off out of battery or as a hangfire somebody is going to get seriously mangled. That same chamber pressure is going to go through barrel throats and break parts pretty quick, too
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I read an article in G&A that stated the primary reason for switching to the 6.8 was to split the difference between the 5.56 and the 7.62. this allowed an operator to reach out and touch something beyond the 500m mark that was a particular problem they were facing in desert operations. The 7.62 was capable of 800m in the right hands and the 5.56 was just ineffective beyond 500m. Admittedly, this could have been a puff piece article, but that is the way it was presented.
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That optic is impressive. It makes the ACOGs we had look like WW2 optics. If they can get the shooters spun up on it and it operates as efficiently as they claim, it’ll be an impressive combination of lethality and ingenuity. It’s smart we’re looking at ammunition commonality as well.
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The machine gun makes perfect sense. It's light and you get way more firepower. The rifle though only makes sense in a dmr sense, "maybe" its meant for distance but follow up shots with such recoil is unlikely to he successful. PS. Hilarious that we give billions of dollars to foreign countries but people act like new weapons for OUR military is so expensive.
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Your videos are so nice to watch. No over editing or anything. Just nice to relax and watch
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Happy New year Crappy!
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In basic training in 1969, I trained with both the M-14 an M-16A1. Qualified on both. Loved the M-14. Very accurate at long range. But also heavy as hell. The 6.8mm round seems like a good compromise. Guess they'll find out in the field.
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A shame that General Dynamics lost the bid too. I don't mind if the bullpup was rejected but the polymer-cased ammo would've been a great idea to lighten each soldier's loads, increase muzzle velocity, and have twice the ammo for the same weight. If only they can collab with SIG to chamber their polymer-cased ammo with their weapons.
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One limitation with this is that there’s no oversupply in the event that the Army were to need to field more than 250,000 infantry. What if the draft were reinstated and the Army tried to field two million infantry?
