US Army Gets Picky, Solicits Smart Feed Ammo System For Machine Guns And Auto Cannons

The Nintendo generation is now in position for making our military decisions.

I think the ability to switch from one type of ammo to another at a push of a button is a great idea. The aircraft crews never know for sure what they will come up against in any mission.

The biggest problem I see is the weight and storage of the ammo on gun platform. There will have to be compromise made due to the fact that they are carrying 3 types of ammo in the same amount of space. So when their preferred ammo runs out they will have to use the less preferred to finish the job. But at least they will have to preferred ammo to start with.

And the maintenance of the mechanism involved at the gun where they all feed into the gun will be another major headache.But I think it can be done. I'm really surprised they haven't already developed a system like this.

Weight is the problem, if your going to have ammo for any type of condition, the logistics are terrible.

The other thing, there really is no such thing as 'just a push of a button'.