Episode 97: Gun Nerds 3: US Military Weapons

This episode is posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9daKQPS-XyI. Special thanks to James Kachman for indexing it.

Episode bookmarks

• Intro

• M16 Origins, Hall Study, AR-10/FAL Prototypes

• 6.5/6.8, Armalite and “Space Age”, design philosophy

• Weight gains, barrel profiles, F/A and training

• H Y P E R B U R S T, silly capabilities, hardware solutions for software problems

• BUIS, optics, Chuck shows up

• M193 and M855, terminal ball-istics, Mk. 262 & M855A1

• M855A1 implementation, wear, feeding, barrel wear

• there’s really good counter arguments to the “EPR kills barrels!” nonesense I hear.

• M2 Carbine

• M1911, .45 AARP, pistols in general

• Machine Guns, M60, Desk Jockeys designing guns

• Night Vision, Where the Q in PAQ doesn’t stand for Quality

• XM25, OICW, MASS, Breaching shenanigans

• Machine Gunnin, Muji Runnin

• Why hasn’t the US bought new guns, XM8, AR modularity and magazines

• Bullpups, Tavor & X95, SCAR

• USGI mags

• ACR trials, caseless

• Belt Feds; HK21E, .338 MGs, Right MG for the Right Killing, LSAT and weapons cost

• Chuck’s preferred loadout in Ghost Recon Wildlands, variable optics

• Chuck discusses magnified vs red dots, variables, and two-optic solutions.

• The Gang discusses current projects, Conclusion