Pakistan Army Small Arms

[jamal18]

You mean type 56

This might makes sense for CT operations in the West but against India they are eventually going to have to bite the bullet and get a new rifle.

Indian procurement is very incompetent but their infantry will have modern rifles with scopes.

For example a infantry man with a 4-6x sight can comfortably hit a man sized target at 600meters or more.

A infantry man with Iron sights can only effectively see a target at 200-250 meters.

It means that a Indian infantry section will be able to engage a Pakistani section at more double the range.

A new rifle without an optical sight is impossible. Much can be gained by fitting the existing G-3's with an optical sight.
Hitting a man at 600 metres with a 7.62*51 Nato cartridge will make his eyes water.

 

[Metal 0-1]

Agreed, SOCOM does have a better budget than regular infantry units.

I just get annoyed that Big Army wants to cling to a caliber that is 100+ years old when there are better options out there. I swear, when Gen. MacArthur was Army COS, he set the Army back and they've never really recovered. And that logic held when the debate around the NATO standard cartridge was going on.

5.56 Hypervelocity rounds sound promising. M4 design is at its peak now.