C-grunt
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I think some of this drive for both the new 6.8mm cartridge and new optics of the NGSW program is for giving the common solder greater effective range but everything I have read this cartridge it is MORE about defeating top line body armor (whether Russian and Chine have it in numbers is arguable) than making snipers out of the common grunt.
It's launching a 130 grain bullet .277 bullet at 2850 FPS. Cheap widely available ceramic plates will stop a 270 shooting a 130 grain bullet at 3000 FPS without issue.
They havent released any information yet about this new awesome bullet that will make it through these ceramic plates. Let alone shown how this bullet is going to do it at range when the velocity starts dropping significantly.