Future of Assault Rifles

[sarabjit singh]

Originally Posted by F-15 Eagle

I think eventually the 5.56 will be replaced by the 6.5mm or 6.8mm and the 3 round burst mode on the M16 and M4 will go back to full auto. The U.S. Army said they were looking at studies to replace the M4 and their not limited to only the 5.56. Though they will still buy M4s for at least 4 more years so the next assault rifle is still a few years away from now.

Whatever i think rifile should have good range it should fire single shot &it should SPRAY Bullets when needed. it should bee not so tetical or complicated basic things should be in the rifile which we dont have
1 no telescope
2 no red spot finder
3 night vision device

every soldier gun should be mounted with these gagetes

[Rythm]

I tested C-mags in the 90s and they had some issues concerning feeding, and i found them to bee rather bulky wich made them unsuitable for close-range work. I have "heard" that these issues might have been resolved since then, but i havent tried them since so i wouldnt know.

Not familiar with the AN-94, but if it works without issues i suppose its good. But then, there is always a lot of sales-pitching going on about the latest revolutionary thing and i have learnt the hard way not to judge until i have tried it myself.

Metalstorm as such is not bad, its just not a revolution of the kind that we are waiting for. If an army buys new grenadelaunchers they should take a closer look at it, but i dont think it warrants the complete phasing-out of current GLs.