Is there any military advantage to steel-cased ammunition, or

>>33122220
Cost savings is a military advantage.

>>33122220

Steel is much cheaper and more abundant than brass; especially for something nobody is ever going to reload. This is also why military guns used to load from stripper clips even if they had removable magazines. Simple stamped clips are cheaper making extra (relatively) complex magazines.

If the enemy cant reload you steel all good stuff.
Cheaper.
Lighter than brass
Cheaper.
Can make in green or grey thus making it hard to find inawoods
Cheaper

>>33122228
Fpbp

>>33122228
/thread

Do any militaries actually use steel case though?

>>33123173
Russia

>>33123173
China

>>33122220
It handles violent extraction better.

>>33123173
France

>>33123524
Define violent extraction

>>33123545
Anything delayed blowback.

>>33123555

Yeah but im pretty sure he meant now/future, not the early 1900s.

>>33123572
Some places still use the G3.
The French haven't bought the 416 just yet.

>>33123529
No shit?

>>33123529
Nope.
Firstly, the FAMAS was originally designed to shoot brass case but the French switched to steel to reduce costs. Secondly, France has stopped making its own guns and ammo in 2000, meaning they have been using foreign made, brass cased, m193 ammo for the last 17 years.

>>33123609
They did for a while, since the Famas is a brass rapist, they also used thicker brass at some point.

Allegedly they fixed that issue in the 80's or 90's so it can eat normal casings now without choking.

>>33123664
You people just can't get enough from making shit up, can you?
There has never been thicker brass cartridges, there has never been any major modification to the F1 over its service life. Just stop.