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To: KeyLargo

I’m recalling that awhile back there was an article here that said that even the Army says the M4 “sucks.”


5 posted on 05/26/2011 6:48:50 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pnh102
I’m recalling that awhile back there was an article here that said that even the Army says the M4 “sucks.”

More like 5.56NATO (.223) sucks. They need a bigger caliber with more range and knockdown power. Maybe not 7.62, but perhaps 6.5 Grendel.

8 posted on 05/26/2011 6:57:27 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: pnh102

even the Army says the M4 “sucks.”

Direct-gas action - fouling and heat. Known weakness of the Stoner(?) design since day zero.


9 posted on 05/26/2011 7:00:42 AM PDT by flowerplough (Obama: "Get back inside '67 borders." / Helen Thomas:"Go back to Poland and Germany!")
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