If caseless rounds really have so many insurmountable problems, why are they still the subject of research and development? Why did the West Germans authorise the initial 1,000 unit production run of the G11? Why was development of a light machinegun also begun by H&K at the request of the West Germans and the US military are also now funding development of this?
Caseless is far from a dead end technology. There are some issues to overcome sure, but as previously stated and shown, it's got many, many potential benefits.
Now as for the heat issue, are you aware the 4.7mm ammo actually has a cook off temperature 100 degrees C HIGHER than standard brass nitrocellulose ammo (which cooks off at 180 degrees C), and the major factor causing the cook offs was actually the high rate of fire of the rifle itself not allowing the chamber to cool down?
I'd say caseless ammo is NOT the problem here....
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