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Interim Weapons and Intermediate Cartridges

Deliveries of the Sako AK 24 to the Swedish Armed Forces have begun in parallel with a buy of interim Colt M4A1, and while the tide is turning in the 5.56 vs 7.62 debate in Sweden, now Finland is s…
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This was also supported by a brief report by Twitter username @VerkanUnderline of the Swedish Air Force who shot the weapon at a recent TTS (‘SRA but in Swedish’) meet. He noted that the weapon is very forgiving and the aimpoint stays the same regardless of support and shooting stance, and that while the recoil unsurprisingly is rather fierce compared to a medium-length DI-gun, the speed of the impulse means that with practice it is possible to regain the target “rather quickly”. The ambidextrous control also garnered praise, and in general he was very happy with it.
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In short, regardless of what the Army settles for, Hemvärnet will focus on 5.56 NATO, and there are a number of reasons for this.
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The cost might only be approximately 1 SEK (~90 cents) more for a 7.62 NATO round as Peru explained, but giving just three mags of thirty rounds to all 26,000 soldiers will already cost you well over two million Euros more with 7.62 NATO compared to 5.56 NATO – and then we get back to the fact that the rounds are heavier and the magazines longer.
It doesn’t stop there. Such seemingly simple things as how many firing units you can fit in a given exercise area simultaneously also comes into play. When looking at the larger area needed by a unit shooting 7.62 mm compared to one equipped with 5.56 NATO, this directly translates into how efficient the parent unit can be with the precious training time allocated to it, a rather unsexy question but one that have consequences in the real world where budgets and training days are limited.
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