Knight’s PDW 6×35mm
No-Compromise, Light Recoil Personal Defense Weapon boasting lethality, range and penetration!
Compromise is the slow death of inspiration. The AR-15, the most successful weapon system fielded by the US Army, has had its performance and characteristics compromised for nearly 50 years of its service life. First, the IMR (improved military rifle) powder that was specified by Eugene Stoner was replaced by GI (government issue) all-purpose dirty-burning powder, which almost killed the AR-15.
Then the barrel was shortened to take the innovative .223 round from a manstopper to a laughing stock. The 55-grain 5.56mm round was built for a 20-inch, 1-in-12-inch twist barrel but with newer and shorter barrels, a heavier bullet with a tighter twist was needed to keep the performance adequate. With the steady diet of MOUT (military operations on urban terrain), our warriors became commuter soldiers with cars, Hummers, SUVs, Strykers and Bradleys routinely carpooling them to the bad guys’ front doors, so the long rifle had to morph into the carbine.
Once again compromise left our guys with a smaller weapon that did not provide one-shot stopping power, had poor mid-range ballistic performance with a vicious blast. It worked but it performed marginally adequate without outstanding traits. Why couldn’t a small weapon be made without compromise, no second place performanc
Compromise is the slow death of inspiration. The AR-15, the most successful weapon system fielded by the US Army, has had its performance and characteristics compromised for nearly 50 years of its service life. First, the IMR (improved military rifle) powder that was specified by Eugene Stoner was replaced by GI (government issue) all-purpose dirty-burning powder, which almost killed the AR-15.
Then the barrel was shortened to take the innovative .223 round from a manstopper to a laughing stock. The 55-grain 5.56mm round was built for a 20-inch, 1-in-12-inch twist barrel but with newer and shorter barrels, a heavier bullet with a tighter twist was needed to keep the performance adequate. With the steady diet of MOUT (military operations on urban terrain), our warriors became commuter soldiers with cars, Hummers, SUVs, Strykers and Bradleys routinely carpooling them to the bad guys’ front doors, so the long rifle had to morph into the carbine.
Once again compromise left our guys with a smaller weapon that did not provide one-shot stopping power, had poor mid-range ballistic performance with a vicious blast. It worked but it performed marginally adequate without outstanding traits. Why couldn’t a small weapon be made without compromise, no second place performance and usable for CQB (close quarter battle) and defense work?
That’s what Reed Knight thought too. When the Pentagon issued a Statement of Work that defined the parameters of what the government was looking for in a personal defense weapon, Reed saw an opportunity to excel. The statement noted the various deficiencies with the current MP5 and M4 CQB weapons that they did not have the needed lethality, range and penetration with disproportionate recoil and dependent on the right ammo.
e and usable for CQB (close quarter battle) and defense work?
That’s what Reed Knight thought too. When the Pentagon issued a Statement of Work that defined the parameters of what the government was looking for in a personal defense weapon, Reed saw an opportunity to excel. The statement noted the various deficiencies with the current MP5 and M4 CQB weapons that they did not have the needed lethality, range and penetration with disproportionate recoil and dependent on the right ammo.
May 24th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
[...] Hoffman Built from Fort Benning snipers’ input – put lead on target at 1000 yards plus! KNIGHT’S ARMAMENT PDW 6×35mm by Andre’ M. Dall’au No-compromise Personal Defense Weapon boasts range and [...]
March 5th, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Will take one in Caliber 7.62×39.
May 16th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
OOOPs…..just crapped my Dragonskin diaper! PDW is Bad ASS!!!
March 30th, 2010 at 2:15 am
QOOOOOOOOL!
March 18th, 2010 at 9:44 am
if you have ever cleared rooms you would know from experience that perfect shot placement is not always possible. Thus a harder hitting round is needed.
March 5th, 2010 at 10:12 am
even w/shorter barrels the 556 will still drop a man i know for a fact and weather its a 22lr or a495 A-squar bullet placment is more important than ft-lbs. with in reason.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Nice…