Sounds like pretty solid proof that our leadership has learned absolutely nothing since the rejection of the .280 British and the compromise .280/30 as the NATO standard round in the early 1950s.

Like the more recent 6.5 Grendle and 6.8 SPC, the .280 Brit offered solid intermediate cartridge performance with a near optimum projectile diameter and weight.

Instead we forced the two large and too heavy 7.62x51 on NATO and then within a decade started introducing the too small and too light 5.56mm NATO.

Now we've got a chance to finally get the caliber right, and we are, once again, screwing it up by going back to the 7.62x51.

Don't get me wrong, I love that round in the M1A and in my Remington 700, but it's a very poor choice for an assault rifle cartridge to be used in combat.