The Briefing Room
General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: DemolitionMan on October 12, 2017, 05:26:22 am
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RICHARD SISK
DSG Technology CEO Jon Andre Garberg likes to think the patented rounds of ammunition his firm has developed can “fly” underwater, rather than “swim.”
The bullets “fly within the bubble of air” created by their own swift movement through water, or “cavitation,” he said.
The trick after that is accuracy and effectiveness, which Garberg said come from the patented tips of the DSG rounds.
“It is our invention,” he said. “The critical thing is the tip.”
“The U.S. military came to us” to learn about the special 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50 caliber rounds produced by the Norwegian firm, which has an office in Virginia and a production site in Laramie, Wyoming, Garberg said at the DSG display at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention.
Jeremy Hankins, an associate engineer at the U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Center, was also at the DSG display Wednesday.
“We’ve had some successful tests” of the DSG rounds, Hankins said.
https://www.defensetech.org/2017/10/12/firm-touts-50-cal-round-effective-underwater-60-meters/