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Nicholas Drummond on Twitter: "When we adopted 5.56 mm, we acquired weapons that were less capable in terms of range and lethality than legacy 7.62x51 mm weapons. This risked overmatch in certain
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Nicholas Drummond on Twitter: "The US Army is about to completely change the world of military small arms with cased-telescoped (CT) ammunition. It's 30-40% lighter than legacy brass cartridges, but also shorter
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Nicholas Drummond on Twitter: "The Textron and GD-OTS NGSW weapons both validate polymer cased cartridges, although cased-telescoped ammo is likely to be risky and expensive, especially as 5.56 mm will still be
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Experimental Ammo from the US Army's LSAT program: From left-to-right, Standard 5.56 mm NATO, 5.56mm Caseless, 5.56 mm Cased-telescoped [900 X 773] : r/MilitaryPorn
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