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re: Soldiers Hate the M4 and M16. The Pentagon Is Finally Doing Something about It.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 5:46 pm to TaderSalad
Posted on 3/5/18 at 5:46 pm to TaderSalad
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I had heard the reason we switched to the .223/5.56 in Vietnam was so that we wouldn't kill many enemy combatants. If we wounded them, then it would take 1-2 others to carry him out.
That's a common myth. It was chosen for several reasons. Mainly being soldiers could carry more ammo than in 7.62x51.
Most rounds fired in combat are misses anyway. No reason to lug around all that extra weight when most of the rounds won't hit anything
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Posted on 3/6/18 at 12:04 pm to texag7
I get the weight issue. But why not have different arms off different combat situations where you get max efficiency?
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