YAGT: Caseless ammunition

[Schadenfroh]

the only one i can find is the Heckler und Koch G11.

You guys think we will ever adopt ammunition and create new firearms around the idea of caseless ammo? I realize that it heats up the barrel a good deal but it seems that advances in alloys should over come this.

 

[EyeMWing]

No. We'll progress straight from cased ammunition to energy weapons.

 

[halik]

damn that gun is ooogly

 

[Howard]

They tried once and it failed. Who knows if it'll even be tried again?

 

[Mo0o]

It would be useful in a military setting

 

[TitanDiddly]

Layman's terms?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Layman's terms?

Contemporary cartridges uses a brass case to hold the bullet, primer, and propellant. Caseless ammunition does not use a case. Instead, a stable propellant is baked around the bullet (or pressed, or whatever).

http://remtek.com/arms/hk/mil/g11/ammo.gif

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Howard
They tried once and it failed. Who knows if it'll even be tried again?

It was just developed before it's time.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Howard
They tried once and it failed. Who knows if it'll even be tried again?

It was just developed before it's time.

How do you mean? I think it was evident that caseless ammunition was superior than cased ammo in many situations.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Howard
They tried once and it failed. Who knows if it'll even be tried again?

It was just developed before it's time.

How do you mean? I think it was evident that caseless ammunition was superior than cased ammo in many situations.

I don't think most miltaries were prepared to accept the change. The military bureaucracy makes strange choices in regards to small arms a lot of the time.

Like XM8 they are looking at which is a dressed up AR-18 design that was originally offered in competition to the original M16. *shakes head*