Preview of the next generation belt fed..

[HTRN]

The DOD is apparently working on a nextgen machinegun design called the LSAT. Significantly(like half the weight) of an M249, the technology demonstrator is being used to show the possibilities.. Like a 15lb 7.62 SAW.. Both the gun and it's ammunition are significantly lighter.

It uses a telescoping cartridge, both "conventional" and caseless. There was a big writeup on it in the American Rifleman a month or two ago..


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[DougWojtowicz]

Wonder how that cartridge would do in a rifle...

[mekender]

sadly, it is not in "common use" so the government can make it illegal before it even gets produced. Which is probably what they will do to every new type of weapon technology.

[GroundPounder]

I used to love how many rounds of 'naughty' I could lug around for my SAW. This thing looks like a LOT of fun.

[toad]

I can see the caseless working in an open bolt system. In prior tries the caseless would not remove heat the way a brass case would and you'd get cook offs. IIRC that was in closed bolt weapons.
Maybe they've got some additive to help suck off some of the heat now.

[Jericho941]

I remain unconvinced until a bald guy gets to play with it and tell me how awesome it is.

[randy]

I remain unconvinced until a bald guy gets to play with it and [strike]tell[/strike] whisper to me how awesome it is.

Fixed it for ya!

[GroundPounder]

I remain unconvinced until a bald guy gets to play with it and [strike]tell[/strike] whisper to me how awesome it is.

Fixed it for ya!

We mustn't make fun of an Operator. :snork:

[Mud_Dog]

-1

Looks like cheap garbage to me. More parts to go wrong, and I'm not convinced it can handle the torture a Joe can put it through.

[Cybrludite]

Toad,

They fixed the cook-off problem by replacing the gunpowder with temperature-insensitive plastic explosives.