The other day I watched a Youtube clip about the old Advanced Combat Rifle program.
Evidently those old systems did not result in sufficient increase in lethality for the standard rifleman to justify the cost of purchase. This makes me wonder, though, if the system might find more utility today in the hands of military snipers. With weapon systems like the 338 Lapua pushing out to 2000 yards, would a faster fléchette round with a flatter trajectory allow snipers to increase their lethality at very long range? Would it be worthwhile for militaries to invest in these systems for their snipers?
For comparison purposes:
338 Lapua, muzzle velocity: 960 m/s, maximum effective range ~ 2000 yards
Steyr ACR fléchette (in a 5.56 sized round): muzzle velocity: 1450 m/s
Edit: apparently there has been a .50 cal flechette system but the accuracy was terrible:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...echette-rifle/
Evidently those old systems did not result in sufficient increase in lethality for the standard rifleman to justify the cost of purchase. This makes me wonder, though, if the system might find more utility today in the hands of military snipers. With weapon systems like the 338 Lapua pushing out to 2000 yards, would a faster fléchette round with a flatter trajectory allow snipers to increase their lethality at very long range? Would it be worthwhile for militaries to invest in these systems for their snipers?
For comparison purposes:
338 Lapua, muzzle velocity: 960 m/s, maximum effective range ~ 2000 yards
Steyr ACR fléchette (in a 5.56 sized round): muzzle velocity: 1450 m/s
Edit: apparently there has been a .50 cal flechette system but the accuracy was terrible:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...echette-rifle/
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