Idk

They need to let sf make the weapon decisions

The beard seal shit is a lie made up by an officer who couldn't grow a beard

Just have the generals fuck off

I just about guarantee Potts was like "Textron has something? GREAT, years ahead of schedule, get someone to build their shitty prototype so we can wrap this up years ahead of schedule"

Likely the same officer who came up with the white vs green socks

Or maybe certain chemical agents need better seals when you are in the environment for days on end than you need with occasional cs gas exposure

CS gas isnt even remotely bad its just unpleasant

Better bring a fuckin hazmat suit then

Wonder why the French Army, German Army, Danish Army, and Norwegian Army weren't wiped out by chemical warfare in recent history

Must have evolved a resistance to gas attack

Of they required shaving when it was a risk

Our military is way larger and cant make decisions like that lightly

Hard enough to get people to get hair cuts and clean clothes

Norway requires shaving around the neck so the mask can still seal

Which can be done with our promask too

Wanna know what else can be done? Shaving so you dont have to check constantly

hold up
"The prototype 6.8mm NGSW-R will include a sling, flash hider, suppressor, cleaning kit, flash hider/suppressor removal tool, and quantities of magazines required to provide a minimum of 210 stowed rounds."
210
Let's presume that comes out to 6 mags, rather than the oddball number of 7
210/6 = 35

35 rounds per? If true I can get behind that

No

7 mags I think

6 on you 1 in the gun

Depends on whether "stowed" means on carrier or 6 + 1 as you say

I know because I do it every day

You don't have to check anything

It's not difficult

You have to check soldier

Always

I can probably do it faster than you can have a clean shave

Hmm so do you gas your own soldiers to make sure they shaved?

No you can see they have no beard

Beard doesn't interfere anyway. Argument invalid.

Beard also is only aesthetic and unnecessary

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/05/08/armys-next-squad-weapon-will-fire-a-never-before-seen-ammo-combination/

"The 6.8mm round is the offspring of a project formerly known as the Enhanced Rifle Cartridge Program that put together Special Operations Command, the Army Marksmanship Unit and Remington Arms to create an alternative to the 5.56mm round currently in use across the force."

So are dress uniforms

Medals, patches, all that

Hell even ranks

Wow. So they finished evaluation of their cartridges ahead of schedule, and they developed something new together

I'm genuinely surprised

Patches and ranks help with identification