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    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Well the Czechs never intended to use the M43 round in the first place. They had developed their own 7.62x45mm round which was actually put into service in their Vz.52 (SKS equivalent). The Vz.58 was supposed to be the automatic assault rifle upgrade using the same round. But the Soviets...
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    Small arms and Light Weapons

    The legendary Vz.58 was the first application to marry short stroke piston system with the M43 7.62x39 round Till date of the many different attempts made to match its reliability with that round, I don't think anyone has come close. Which is why most still stick to the bog standard long...
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    Small arms and Light Weapons

    1. G36 problems were caused not because of free floating design but because HK had thinned down the barrel to bare minimum in effort to save weight. The thin and poorly ventilated polymer handguard also caused overheating which multiplied the warping over sustained fire. 2. Dirt in the area...
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    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Point to note is that USF are currently testing internally designed 6.5 and 6.8 rounds as well as a 7 Polymer Telescope Cased round for future adoption. Neither the 6.5 nor the 6.8 however are the commercially available Creedmore, Grendel or Barett SPC. They are both designed and made by US...
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    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Rubbish. Rifle Ammunition needs tech transfer? What nonsense! Either OFB is full of retards or MoD is. Most likely the reporter is high
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    Small arms and Light Weapons

    They must be surprised that it cleared trials. Now waiting to create some excuses out of their imagination to reject and Import some new maal
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