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Please do. I like your posts. You once mentionned that a non-belt fed machine gun wouldn't be acceptable. Is this chiefly because of ammo capacity? If you could have 100 or even 200 rounds in a magazine, would belt-fed MGs still have a significant advantage?

kkwd, No, but thanks for the link. The link you provided reduces the weight by reducing the sectional density which means the bullet will lose velocity more quickly through air and that it will have a harder time penetrating cover and targets. I wish I could talk about it in detail as I'm...

Yes. I am thinking of a design that would lighten the bullet, maintain its diameter, its length and its frontal density*. If you're having trouble wrapping your head around that description, I'm sorry not to be able to give you more details as I have the patent-stealing fears you clearly saw...

Michael, Calculating the weight per belt without knowing the number of belts carried wouldn't tell me the expected weight saving (or supplemental ammo carrying capacity) that could gained per man/MG team. "Keep in mind that lightening the bullet will have a variety of ballistic effects leading...

I meant that even if I were to ask about Canada on other forums, the people on other forums won't know what Canadian MGers carry because they don't care. The only non-Canadians who might know that are, as you point out, its enemies. But I don't think Canada's enemies would answer anyway.

I haven't asked on other forums. This seems like a pretty informative place and people from other countries don't really care or know much about Canada anyway : ) I want to know because I have an idea for lighter rounds. I already know that a 5.56 NATO round usually weighs 180 to 200 grains and...

I thought of that, but I figured I'd get an answer like:"I'm locking this until one of the more all-knowing Mods has a look at the question." which is what happened when I asked the same question about the Canadian military. So, if I ask about country X on a forum dedicated to country X, that...

As far as you know, how much ammo do machine gunners and machine gun teams of other countries carry? I know this can vary a lot but there must be standard loads recommended by doctrine and usual loads that would be typical. NB: I am not asking about what the Canadian military standard load...

I have an idea for lightening the weight of ammo and I'd like to have an idea of how much ammo soldiers are supposed to carry and effectively carry. I know that the standard load for C-7 infantrymen is 150 loaded in magazines, 150 in clips, at least that's what it was in my BMQ and SQ. I'd...