MTMilitiaman
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I still think we should have gone with the .280 British back in the 1950s.
I would have thought that a 6.8 mm cartridge would have become obvious about 100 years ago.
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Not Happening kids.........
Not arguing for or against it, but the US military’s joint strike fighter program is expected to cost 406 billion dollars. For that same money we could buy a tracking point system for every member of the US army, national guard, and army reserve, 22 times over.
Not much in reality.
Afghanistan is an extreme outlier in fighting conditions and ranges to target. Plus the ROE’s are super restrictive making the use of company and battalion level mortar assets almost impossible to utilize.
Fact is the vast majority of the world lives in more densely populated areas than Afghanistan, and most fights are likely to not be at 200+ meters.
This is a fools errand and a waste of money. Figure out how to make a 60mm mortar lighter, more accurate, and easier to use. That will be more useful.
For one rifleman/squad?
Extreme outlier... super restrictive... battalion level mortar assets almost impossible to utilize... are likely to not be... waste of money...
Mortars, and not a precision rifle, in a densely populated environment?
Disagree.
GR
Big Army is always preparing to fight the last war.