

Some that is a grunt these days is better qualified to answer. If you get a dedicated sniper/ GPMG that as almost the same performance but weights less and give any ordinary soldier a weapon that as the same capabilities than the ones carried by the dedicated marksman without weight AND recoil penalties, i think they like it.


Look, for me is about reducing the weight the troops in the field carry, maintaining the same capability. If you reduce the weight and the recoil of the 7.62 and maintain (almost) the ballistics is a win for me. Price is a simply question of mass production - if you produce enough. 280 and 6.8 are almost twins with 40/ 50 years between 280 as better at 300m+ than 5.56 at almost same recoil
