Comments on: The H&K IAR Revealed

By: MacLeod

MacLeod — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:13:37 +0000

the only thing i care about is it uses the same design as the M16 and M4 .. those SUCK in the feature designs.. stop using the rear top mounted charging handle.. Pain in the ass.. Im a Marine and i freaken hate my rifles set up.. why is it so awkward to reload and lock the bolt back when other designs are so easy? .. to hell with this design, it makes you have to take teh rifle off your shoulder to do anything but rack it back.. thats a liability i dont want when im in a fire fight

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:35:52 +0000

There is a lot that can be done with the 5.56 to make it better at penetration and/or give it more stopping power but since the Hague convention (in effect) prohibits deviation from full metal jacketed rounds. Although you trade off penetration some weapon systems would make sense to have loaded with hallow points exclusively like the M9 and having the option I’m sure many a rifleman would prefer to have a few mags of JHPs to augment his kit. I definitely think it’d be more economical than retooling the entire military and most of the nations that observe this treaty would probably go along with a little adjustment to it. The combatants on today’s battlefields are mostly without government and so it’s not like they are double checking to make sure that they’re acting in keeping with the geneva (and other) conventions.

By: ACR

ACR — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:48:17 +0000

I believe that the 5.56 needs and the Marines should actually use a modified ACR because saw gunners could run out of ammo really fast so the modified ACR should also have a C-mag it has 100 rounds and if more firepower is nedded the gunner could change to 6.5/6.8 and if it runs out of ammo use some ammo from dead enimies.

By: Sticks

Sticks — Sat, 08 May 2010 02:36:24 +0000

As a scout in LAR I would love 7.62 but until the rest of the fire team is using the same rounds I can live with 5.56. With that said i got to see the IAR yesterday and I’m very impressed. And cant wait to get hands on this weapon and put it through the paces. As long as I get to use a mag with over 30 rounds.

By: X. Y Z

X. Y Z — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:15:11 +0000

I think 5.56 is realy obsolete 6.8spc/6,5 grendel has all the advantages discounting the weight thingy, and has a better stopping power and cover penetration.The weight issue can be solved with plastic cases.Brass is simply obsolete.(Howewer, i must note that brass is cheaper than high grade plastics)
16″ barell 50 round drum mags everyone is happy.Logistics is also an issue but 5.56 is old.

By: burma

burma — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:55:22 +0000

simple go back to the M-14

By: James Carlisle

James Carlisle — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:04:36 +0000

do not worry about Colt , they will buy enough polticians to ensure their model is chosen. When the M –16 first came out no one on the ARMY ordance board wanted the rifle. McMcmara said US troops would be using it even though all of the testing showed what a piece of shit it was. I was in VN when the riffle was first issued and a lot of men died due to that piece of junk. In the middle of a fire f/ght you would have to break it down in a shotgun position to clear the chamber from 3 to 4 rounds being jammed up in the barrel reciever group. Then if you were the poor SOB that your rifle carboned up from firing , well all you had to do was field strip it down completely to clean it. Some one forgot to tell the NVA/VC that they were to cease firing until we had our rifles clean the NVA wouldn’t even pick them up after kicking a units rear end. 45’s M 60’s and M 79’s were all gone.M 16’s were left with our dead. So go colt go you rate right there with Jane Fonda

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:34:34 +0000

Latest gouge ouf of SysCom is that H&K has won the contract, although the announcment is not official as of yet. The person in charge of the weapons program has said he has known for over a month who the winner is, but it’s up to SysCom to make the formal announcement before he can discuss it.

By: Rhys

Rhys — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:52:04 +0000

Brit 5.56 doesn’t expand, it just continues the same experience as the old .303 Mk VII ammo, by having a light head and heavy arse (the Mk VII had an ali or scrap smelter slag tip and a lead body under the jacket) when hitting a traget the heavy lead base holds the momentum and overtakes the lighter tip which slows more due to the resistance of the flesh. making the bullet spin like a buzz saw. Twist rate, bullet weight and projectile speed are also carefully matched so the bullet, while stable while spinning at speed, is unstable when impact slows it. Unlike the US 5.56 armour percing antipersonel round that just spins on and zips through flesh instead of tumbling.

By: rhys

rhys — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:22:51 +0000

Opps, no edit post function… should be x51 not x57 for the 7.62