U.S. Military And What They Carry

I'll go a little farther out on a limb here. With an all new modular rifle system chambered in an intermediate 6mm round (between .223 and .308). The basic weapon would have an adjustable gas system, with a piston. There would be carbine versions, a bullpup version, a regular infantry rifle version, and a designated marksman version.

There would be a SAW chambered in this caliber as well, based on the SAR Ultimax.

The GPMG and mounted weapons would be regular .308 variations of the FN MAG.

Plus the wonderful M2 big .50.

There would be small numbers of specialized suppresed rifles chambered in a whisper cartridge based on the regular cartridge.

Pistols: Not sure, something simple. in .45.
Subguns: Don't see much need with good quality light carbines in abundance, but the UMP in .45.
PDW: Not sold on that idea quite yet.
 
Dude the whole active army, infantry, pretty sure the CAV scouts also, that is, are going to the M68 CCO, you see them in more than just the troops that fall under SOCOM these days.

Geoege I'am pretty sure CAG use to use the HK 21, but they stoped using them. Something about way too much recoil.
 
look at the MK23 .45 SOCOM that had all them cool Laser Sights when the U.S. got them for SOCOM, now look at it, do you see any new Photos of guys from the Rangers and the SEALs with Laser Sight on them? no and why? well they all found out that Laser Sights are good when we you are out at the Rang but now when you are out in Combat.
 
Dude: Well that is because most of the time you see the pictures it is daylight and most of the gear is used at night. There are a lot of battlefield laser range finders and aiming devices in use. They are in use in both the Special Ops community and the regular forces. The US military has the AN/PAQ-4 IR laser aiming device to use in conjunction with NVG. The original version used a pulsing laser, that has been or is being replaced with a continuos laser. It is a relatively good piece of gear, unlike visible laser aiming devices, the beam can be seen from the point of origin to the target. So there is little chance of confusing whose laser spot is whose. The PAQ-4, is generally not considered eye safe because, the invisible laser will not cause a person to flinch and close their eye to prevent damage. The also use the AN/PEQ2 it is a IR sytem that has four power setting low, high IR pointer, IR flood light and flood light with pointer. There also is the GVL visible light laser. The military also uses lasers for target designation, all LTD's are class IV non-eye safe and can cause a lot of damage to human eyes to distances up to 80,000 meters if looking through binos, etc. These are used to guide smart munitions (copperhead, hellfire, paveway. laser maverick), to their intended targets. There are numerous LTD in the inventory, AN/PAQ-1, MULE, G/VLLD, LANTIRN, Pave Spike, SOFLAM, etc.. These are invisible IR lasers that operate outside the viewing spectrum of NVG, you need a laser spot tracker in order to see them. Most LTDs also can serve as range finders. There a version of the IR pointing devices called IZLIDS, they are used in conjunction with NVG to "point out" targets for NVG equipped aircraft. They project a large laser spot on targets that can be seen from high altitudes, there are even versions that project a cross hair, so all the FAC needs to say is drop your bombs on the X. The last class of lasers commonly used in the military is the laser range finder, they project a quick burst of laser energy on the target, measures the time required for the reflection to return and does simple math to determine range. These items all use invisible IR laser, that can be seen with the same LST as designators, but not normally NVGs. There are common versions of these items AN/GVS-5 (non-eye safe), the AN/PVS-6 (eye safe), and the LRF on the M1 tanks. They are extremely accurate in providing target range. At one point the US was working on an offensive AP laser, the Cobra. It was designed to blind people, but the US has since stopped work on this system because of agreements to stop work on weapons designed to blind.
 
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