6.5 or 6.8?

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Originally Posted by Mtn.man

The US army is changing over, we have 2 family members in there. we have recieved a buttload of 5.56 mags etc as they are converting to the 6.8
And our boys get first shot at the discontinued New items pertainging to the old 5.56

Even an Old retired Marine specialist I know has said he knew they were switching.

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It is not happening. The Army is sticking with 5.56. For Afghanistan, they developed a new 5.56 round which resulted in surplus green tip.

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Originally Posted by airborneranger

It is not happening. The Army is sticking with 5.56. For Afghanistan, they developed a new 5.56 round which resulted in surplus green tip.

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The SOST round????


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Originally Posted by Skully

The SOST round????

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I can't remember the name but that sounds correct.

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Originally Posted by airborneranger

I can't remember the name but that sounds correct.

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There was a Navy Times article about it I read and various other sites had something on it.

Suppose to be more deadly..........they have a round in .300 BLK that is available from GUNN manufacturing I was interested in.

No, the new Army round is the M855A1 "EPR" round. Supposedly more "green", there was a recent Guns & Ammo piece that highlighted a claim of reduced accuracy of the new bullet.

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Originally Posted by Skully

..............anyone else still in, enlighten us? Would be cool to know which branches, units are switching?

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Aint happening.

New ammo is being used, but not a new caliber.

SOF guys use different stuff, but Big Army/Marine isnt making any changes.

The only recent change to Army rifle procurement is the switch of the manufacturer of the M4 this spring. Remington starts delivering new M4A1 carbines late in 2013. Everyone of them will be 5.56mm.

The Marines started issuing a new sort of LMG at the squad level but its in 5.56mm.

Awhile back SOCOM announced that they would not buy anymore SCAR in 5.56mm, but that was because they decided that it was not so much "better" than the M4 that it was worth the cost to them. They might still be buying SCAR in 7.62mm.

There will be no new small arms caliber anytime soon. I'm betting that 2020 will not see a new small arms caliber.

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Originally Posted by Hoser

Aint happening.

New ammo is being used, but not a new caliber.

SOF guys use different stuff, but Big Army/Marine isnt making any changes.

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I thought that is what I had read up on, although maybe Army Rangers or other special units in some special areas/situations can play with other things????

It is odd that Mtn Man was told they have something new??????

Oh well..........

We wont have a new caliber will be using a Pulse plasma rifle in the 40 watt range...........



Who is geek enough to remember where that came from? :D

no one is switching to anything. IF anything there is a move back towards more 7.62x51 but 5.56 will remain.

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Originally Posted by whiskeyjack

no one is switching to anything. IF anything there is a move back towards more 7.62x51 but 5.56 will remain.

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Exactly and that happened years ago during the first few years in the Stan. The 5.56 couldn't reach guys on distant mountain tops, so the Army pulled out the old M-14s from inventory. They started as the standard wood stocks but have evolved to the full railed systems.

Both the Marines and Army developed their own bullet specifically for Afghanistan. I don't think these are the "green" bullets but I may be mistaken.