"New" Fn Fal being tested by the Argentine Army

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Originally Posted by Markost

As Nyles said, the 308 is a good cartridge, but it´s heavy and you can´t carry much ammo. Anyway, our army won´t change this cardtrige because there´s no money for buying new rifles or ammo machines for make the 5,56.

But seriously, before changing caliber I´d change the WWII M1 helmets and other old stuff that is still in use.

I think modern technology could negate most of the issues with the 7.62x51 cartridge. Mind you that almost all the loadings of the 7.62x51 haven't changed since the 1950's. It was never looked into to improve the cartridge. The 7.62x51 is a much more versatile cartridge then the 5.56x45 is. The
5.56x45 will fail in every area when it tries to be like a 7.62x51. I'm not saying the 7.62x51 is the ideal combat cartridge, but changes can be made to it to make it more applicable to modern combat.