Military Guns and Ammunition

This is intended for people interested in the subject of military guns and their ammunition, with emphasis on automatic weapons.

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PDW again Small Arms <20mm

Started 20/12/20 by DavidPawley; 172487 views.

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From: stancrist

3-Mar

For military PDW use, they're gonna have to do a lot better than ten meters...

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From: gatnerd

3-Mar

stancrist said:
For military PDW use, they're gonna have to do a lot better than ten meters

10m is actually super impressive given 7.62x51 M993 from a 16" was getting stopped at 12 meters distance.

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From: stancrist

3-Mar

7.62x51 M993 does not seem a relevant basis for comparison.

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From: schnuersi

4-Mar

gatnerd said:
10m is actually super impressive

I agree and would add: from a 5" barrel.

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Yeah, outstanding penetration for a pistol caliber but what if you scale it up to 338 .375 .510 Would it then be able to penetrate level 4 body armor at 1000+yard?

Is anything known about the Projectile? Just curious if it is any special alloy or just the old story, brass jacket, tungsten core and done.