This video is one of many in a series created from an interview conducted by Edward C. Ezell with Eugene Stoner in 1988 at ARES Inc. in Port Clinton, Ohio. All the footage is courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. All I have done is cut some of the waiting time between tapes out and tried to fix the audio. Otherwise, what you are seeing is entirely unadulterated. Feel free to ask any questions about the various topics of the video in the comments. I will do my best to answer them.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Comments on the use of polymer 0:49 - The challenges of using polymer cased ammunition 1:48 - Stoner's skunkworks in Florida 3:14 - Where Stoner does his actual design work 4:24 - The bureaucracy and paperwork of the ACR program 6:48 - Discussion of the ARES-Olin AIWS's telescoped ammunition 12:32 - Explanation of how telescoped ammunition works 16:30 - Explanation of the ARES-Olin AIWS mechanism 20:50 - Stoner explains the AIWS concept 35:00 - B-roll of the AIWS

The Eugene Stoner Tapes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOSc8D2U-Hf6i9FT7ZzVpKZVDBsS6b3Ub

All footage is used with permission from the Smithsonian Institution Archives.