AIRSOFT HAWKES BAY | Forums
General Section | Public => General Discussion => General News and Reviews => Topic started by: Jaybee on January 25, 2011, 04:07:31 pm
-
Interesting the NZ Army moving to mostly 7.62 rounds..
The country's soldiers are about to get more killing power with a new weapon which will better the range and accuracy of the rifles used by the enemies they are likely to be fighting.
A 7.62mm marksman's rifle will be issued to each section of eight to 10 soldiers after the New Zealand Defence Force completed a study of 10 of its weapons systems, mostly small arms issued to soldiers.
Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10701925 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10701925)
-
Interesting the NZ Army moving to mostly 7.62 rounds..
It's only one 7.62 weapon per squad... The whole SAM/SDM thing...
Americans and Brits have been doing it for ages... one member of the squad having greater standoff capability - just like one will have a SAW of some kind.
Good news though imo. long range engagements are typical of Afghanistan... although probably not so much for any of our "pacific insurgency" type conflicts...