Thanks for the link Ryan!!
Check out the 6.5x25 CBJ here. A 9mm sized round, with a titanium sabot, and has enough power to penetrate steel plates while a 7.62 is defeated.
Check out the 6.5x25 CBJ here. A 9mm sized round, with a titanium sabot, and has enough power to penetrate steel plates while a 7.62 is defeated.
M855A1, for all the flack it has gotten for being a "green" round will reliably penetrate 3/8 steel plates out past 400 meters from an M4. The problem with these ultra light and fast projectiles is that they lack the mass needed to retain energy at distance. So you end up with the "capability gap" between standard Infantry weapons and machine guns like you see with the Sovietn 7.62x39 round. The AK-47 was limited to 300 meters while the 7.62x54r SVD and PKMs were easily 800 meter weapons. This left a 500 meter "capability gap" between Infantrymen and Machinegunners/Snipers. With 5.56x45mm the "capability gap" is much smaller, for example Marines routinely shoot 500 yards, and SDM's in the Army 500 meters (or 600 yards depending on the range used). This is now a 200 to 300 meter capability gap instead of half a kilometer.
ReplyDeleteAnd secondly, using an M193 and M80 bullet does not represent armore piercing capabilities in either 5.56 or 7.62. Expect M80A1 to be fielded this year, same basic design as M855A1, solid copper shank with a hardened steel penetrator.
I've seen what M855A1 can do to half inch AR500 steel, I was very impressed and the target was very destroyed out to 200 meters.
I first heard about this round here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/PDWs.htm
It was being pushed for PDWs.
I was seeing a some press for CBJ 6.5 around 2009, and then supposedly Saab Bofors bought it, and then denied they had ever heard of it.
The website http://www.cbjtech.com appears to be a dead link now. This might just be vapour-ware at this point.
I like the round, and the more I dig around it leaves a hell of a permanent stretch cavity for its small size.
ReplyDeleteAnother note. Mexico is trying to integrate vigilantes into its defense forces since they are doing so well. Bad part is they want them to register themselves with the same people the cartels pay off.
http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-legalizes-vigilantes-nabs-cartel-leader-001339749.html