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Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ... by detaro on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:56AM (#18845068)
From the few known examples, self-propelled ammunition accelerating outside the barrel means it's relatively slow when leaving the barrel, which both makes it less effective at short ranges and causes accuracy issues.

Caseless ammunition is maybe a closer thing, but also tricky (heat dissipation is harder, difficulties in making ammunition robust enough). H&K made a military variant once, but no military adopted it (Germany almost did, but with the end of the cold war it wasn't considered worth the cost)

Even adopting improved versions of existing systems is a big process for militaries, switching to something entirely new for something as fundamental as the standard rifles needs to have really big and obvious benefits to be considered.

Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ... by ajmarsh on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:52AM (#18845546)
Yep, the G11. Turns out with all its other problems caseless ammo is brittle, so if you drop a round it breaks. Not super practical in the field.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGKcvM2Hh4g&t=328s

Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ... by Balgair on Monday January 07, 2019 @10:44AM (#18846039)
Yes! Forgotten Weapons is an amazing channel. I love Gun-Jesus (Florida-Man Edition), aka Ian. His simple, clear, engaging style is fantastic. The deep dives into engineering and history are fantastic. Infinitely bingeable.