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5.56 should be ok against normal soft body armour but modern hard plates will be tough to crack at 50 yrds let alone penetration at 700m as someone suggested

What has 6.8mm not being battle proven have anything to do with deploying it on a wide scale, what needs to be proven in order for it to be battle proven? it is a round, it obviously has more stopping power than the 6.5, 7.62 and 5.56 and better energies at impact. I am not saying the 5.56 is...

Also its imo silly to have only a 100 rounds per soldier, Dump the 20 round INSAS mag, stick to a 30 round MAG with 29 in mag and 1 in the chamber just like SAS does with their Canadian M-4s, this should keep the spring action soft & reliable. Also more MAGs issued with atleast 6 to 10 i.e...

Infantry should dump the 5.56, I think overall infantry should use 6.8mm, 5.56 should be used for strictly law enforcement i.e police forces. A modern enemy will always deploy bulletproof jackets (they will only get better) and 5.56 or even 7.62 just won't cut it, 6.8mm is the way forward since...

Is this the 7.62 AK variant? Mag seems to have the same shape

Looks good indeed, if reliability is good to great, no reason to buy imports, a massive order should be placed. With Summer around the corner, extensive desert trials, followed by extensive monsoon trials in the east and marine trials and finishing off end of year with high alt and very low temp...