Rodman Laboratories XM235

The Rodman Laboratories XM235 was one of the contenders for the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) trials in 1975.

Ammunition

It was chambered for the experimental 6 x 45mm cartridge. It had a 105-grain [6.8 gram] projectile and had a muzzle velocity of 2450 feet / second [747 meters / second]. The cartridge was intermediate in size between the 5.56x45mm NATO and 7.62x51mm NATO rounds. It was considered essential for the SAW concept as the current 5.56x45mm NATO tracer round was not effective beyond 800 meters, the proposed effective range for the hypothetical system.

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