[csmkersh]

Read it all and the comments too.

Army Chief of Staff Discusses Next Generation Squad Weapon - Soldier Systems Daily

 

[Diamondback]

I think we've made positive-ID on the Good Idea Fairy...

 

[William R. Moore]

In some ways that reminds me of a good idea allegedly fielded around the time of Korea. I got this from a buddy at APG. They were proposing a replacement for the 1911. It was going to fire the .30 US Carbine round, weigh less than 2 lbs and have a muzzle velocity the ammo didn't achieve in the carbine. Details are fuzzy after 50 years, but IIRC, it was also gonna be select fire.

RFP sounds kinda like a second generation Land Warrior type thingie as envisioned by someone with no grasp of interior ballistics or the realities of operating in less than a clean room environment.

 

[threefeathers]

I liked my carbine. My experience is that many of the folks who complained about the M1 carbine just flat missed who they were shooting at.