Project SALVO: M198 Duplex Ball Ammunition

[Rebel Rouser]

7.62 mm M198 duplex cartridges, each containing two stacked 84-gr. Spitzer bullets with respective muzzle velocities of 2700 and 2200 f.p.s..

 

[greentips]

Is that the ammo for the Colt ACR back in the 1989?

 

[BattleRife]

Is that the ammo for the Colt ACR back in the 1989?

I think your timeframe is off by about 30 years. If my recollection of codenames is correct, Project Salvo was intended to find a replacement for the M14, and was derailed by the adoption of the M16.

 

[redshooter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Purpose_Individual_Weapon

According to "The Crowd" almost 70, 1951.

 

[lifes2funny]

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