2009 Report "Increasing Small Arms Lethality in Afghanistan: Taking Back the Infantry Half-Kilometer" by Major Thomas Ehrhart, USA

Here is an interesting report by an Army major on how the Army should/could improve small arms lethality in Afghanistan. He calls for, among other other things, an increase in caliber from 5.56 to the 6.8 SPC. Bravo!

PGM in Afghanistan

I don't know much about this weapon, but here's an "official" news story about it:

http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/04/07/54502-soldiers-fire-first-precision-guided-mortar-in-afghanistan/