Comments on: Marines’ Small Arms Modernization Strategy https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/marines-small-arms-modernization-strategy/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Mark Minter https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/marines-small-arms-modernization-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-2395128 Mark Minter Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:43:34 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38887#comment-2395128 Soon in Pink!!!

]]> By: Phil B https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/marines-small-arms-modernization-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-2394683 Phil B Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:37:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38887#comment-2394683 Suppressors are cheap and readily available here in New Zealand. The technology is already well tested and tried and “off the shelf”.

However that would mean (GASP!) that America might have to buy something that wasn’t developed and made in America.

Still, it’s only tax payers money and there is plenty more where that came from, eh>

Links to two here:

http://www.dpt.co.nz/

http://www.gunworks.co.nz/suppressors.html

Gunworks is especially good at both manufacturing ND DELIVERY.

]]> By: William Newman https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/marines-small-arms-modernization-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-2394521 William Newman Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:22:26 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38887#comment-2394521 “2) Anything that provides ‘concealment in the non-visible spectrum’ is going to by definition decrease heat dissipation.”

Not necessarily in any significant way. The frequencies most useful for non-visible imaging aren’t necessarily in the sweet spot for radiation of heat for any given piece of equipment, and radiation of heat isn’t necessarily a large effect compared to conduction and convection, and important issues in concealment can include not just reducing gross brightness (or related gross standout issues like color saturation) but subtler things like breaking up geometric relationships that tend to stand out from the background.

]]> By: Ivvenalis https://www.isegoria.net/2015/09/marines-small-arms-modernization-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-2394428 Ivvenalis Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:20:19 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38887#comment-2394428 1) Federal laws on suppressors — which aren’t even particularly abusive — are hampering the development of better, cheaper suppressors. The civilian gear-queer market revolutionized magazines once left to its own devices. They will do the same for suppressors once USG cuts the red tape for civilians to get their hands on them, and it won’t cost the DoD a dime.

2) Anything that provides “concealment in the non-visible spectrum” is going to by definition decrease heat dissipation.

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