Posted on 01/03/2017 11:12:22 AM PST by C19fan
You know what they'll do ... They'll shave 20 pounds off the weight of the gun, and then hang 20 pounds of electronic sighting gizmos on it.
Obama must regret that he won’t have time to get a few of these to ISIS.
If you have actually fired one you’d understand why the weight is not such a bad thing. It’s designed for defensive fire and mounting on vehicles. The recoil of the .50 is extremely stout, to say the least. I’m not sure I would want to fire a lightened version.
When will the civilian version be available?
I learned that in college when I was on the rifle team, smallbore 22's. IIRC, the weight of the rifle was 17 pounds, which presented a challenge in the standing/offhand position.
The M16 felt like a feather at 8 pounds.
I hope not, make it light enough for a female soldier to hump it for a few miles. lol
I HAVE A TITANIUM 500M DIVE WATCH, BIG AND CHUNKY BUT VERY LIGHT, AND IT WON’T RUST. THIS MAY MEAN TRIPOD USE IN INFANTRY SINCE I AM SURE IT BREAKS DOWN SO 2 SOLDIERS CAN CARRY IT ALONG.
I CAN SEE DRONES BENEFITTING FROM THE WEIGHT SAVINGS.
I HAVE A TITANIUM 500M DIVE WATCH, BIG AND CHUNKY BUT VERY LIGHT, AND IT WON’T RUST. THIS MAY MEAN TRIPOD USE IN INFANTRY SINCE I AM SURE IT BREAKS DOWN SO 2 SOLDIERS CAN CARRY IT ALONG.
I CAN SEE DRONES BENEFITTING FROM THE WEIGHT SAVINGS.
In this case, improve it.
carry two barrels anyway, but with Titanium alloys it will take more rounds to overheat.
Old soldiers don't die. They just get senile. The same kind of sentiments were expressed about their faithful M1903 Springfield when the M1 Garand was introduced.
Exactly. An arms manufacturer is grinning very wide.
By cutting the weight of the gun, the infantry robot can be lighter, the robot landing ships can be lighter, and the landing ship transports can be lighter. There’s a cascading, geometric element to the engineering.
Ma deuce is a moose for sure.
The last one they tried sucked.
How cool would it be to be able to test a machine gun of your own design in your pasture in Hartford, Connecticut today? Let me rephrase that: how many years would you get in the pokey?
Titanium isn’t just lighter.
I can handle much higher temperatures.
And browning .50 calibers get hot.
Women in the Combat Arms.
It is a heavy sucker but I never thought of it as a squad weapon. The M60 got to be too much, hence the M249 SAW (a cautionary tale in itself in the development of a new weapon system).
The weight of the .50 ammo itself is daunting. Carrying enough to be useful is a job for several troops. All things considered it is something to be carried or mounted on a tactical vehicle, not on a soldier’s back. Even the titanium version.
Yep. The thing can practically cause a nosebleed from the pressure wave. No way it’ll ever be anything more portable than a crew-served bipod/tripod weapon.
And titanium might be harder than steel, but it’s far more brittle too. Not sure they can make it GI-proof. An accidental drop here and there and you might end up with an expensive paperweight just when you need its firepower.
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