Like the M2 Browning, G3 and Minigun, they have been around for long time and still extremely widely used in modern armies.
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We plateaued for a while for a few reasons, one being that weapons got really good really fast and were cheap and easy to produce and easy to use. Like super easy on all fronts. The next steps would be radically different and have hindered us
The next steps would be a lot more complex options, that are difficult to engineer and cost prohibitive right now. Namely, a big one is caseless ammo, which is near a holy grail for weapons that shoot bullets, particularly for battlefield weapons. Lots of people have tried to make it, its just really hard and expensive and not worth it yet on any mass scale. This would be a massive leap. Caseless ammo is lighter and you can hold and carry much more of it than regular bullets. This is a big deal, longer clips and lighter rounds just make everything easier. Soldiers always need more ammo, they want unlimited ammo. All the ammo. Caseless improves this in leaps.
Instead the path chosen for now was more one of add-ons instead of re-makes. Need a bullet to go long and accurate? The weapon already works, just add a new and improved scope. Need more power, just use a more powerful round. Need it smaller, ok just cut the barrel, even cut down the weapon is still good. Need to launch grenades, just stick a launcher on it.
That is, instead of re-doing whole platforms, they just modify and add on to a platform that already works
Its basically like we have an iphone, you don’t need to recreate the phone, just add stuff on and make fixes and changes every so often
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