>>63988517
>So I don't get the hate for this rifle
It all goes back to Jim Schatz presentation slides about a "horrible future" for future conflicts that the US might get involved in back in 2015-16. The idea is essentially
>VDV/Spetsnaz squads in europe are gona outrange our infantry squad in a pure infantry fight
>Even ISIS super death squads are gona do it in the middle east
As for the penetrate armor at 600 meter reason
>Fast forward a few years
>level 3 armor is getting cheaper and cheaper
>Insurgent/ ISIS infantry squads might be ballistically immune to 5.56 at extended range but maybe not 7.62x51 nato.
>VDV goons probabally have level 4 armor, 7.62x51 nato wont pen that at 600 meters.
>We need something for the infantry that can pen both and kill the wearer at range.

So you get the M7 rifle that is supposed to solve all these problems. It has the range and power to kill the hypothetical insurgent with level 3 and the vdv trooper with level 4 at 600 meters. Please ignore the faulty and questionable logic behind the prensentations tho.