>>53759379mounted on some vehicle, i would like NATO to adopt some 14.5mm like the russians.
The M2 is great, but it’s a bullet. You have to directly hit your target. With a 14.5mm you can start using explosive rounds that have that ”mini grenade” effect of the autocanons you see on IFV (20mm and upward). It shreds infantry squads.
IFV get bigger and bigger calibers to keep up with the increase of armor of other IFVs. Now an IFV has bigger calibers than ww2 tanks.
I don’t advocate replacing the M2, but in a convoy, i would like to see APCs with .50 cal, 14.5 and mk19. Just to give more tools to the grunts depending on the situation.
There’s a bunch of nato countries with APCs built this year with just a 7,62 atop.