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The M855A1 features a steel penetrator on top of a solid copper slug, making it is more dependable than the current M855, Army officials have maintained. It delivers consistent performance at all distances and performed better than the current-issue 7.62mm round against hardened steel targets in testing. It penetrated 3/8s-inch-thick steel at ranges approaching 400 meters, tripling the performance of the M855, Army officials said.
The Corps had planned to field the Army’s M855A1 until the program suffered a major setback in August 2009, when testing revealed that some of the bullets did not follow their trajectory or intended flight path.
The earlier design of the M855A1 featured a bismuth-tin slug which proved to be sensitive to heat, prompting Marine officials to stick with the M855 and also the Special Operations Science and Technology round developed by U.S. Special Operations Command instead.
Commonly known as SOST ammo, the bullet isn’t environmentally friendly, but it offered the Corps a more effective bullet, Marine officials have said.
Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., said at a March 19 House Armed Services Committee hearing
There is something defiantly wrong about THAT!
They need those cop killers
That reminds me, I also read somewhere that the .22 is much more effective than one would think because it also quickly goes sideways upon impact with tissue and then acts like a stable round of higher caliber.
No need for that, just go the route of the AK74 projectile, with hollow cavity in front of a solid portion and boattailed, pushed at close to 3000 ft/sec
Sanchez should just shut up. There is no possible way with the full might if the U.S. military behind them could they pound any sense into her tiny lizard brain.
Bottom line in the debate is powder.
The M16 and M4 have different barrel lengths.
If the powder gets a bullet up to speed in the M4 short barrel it will cause overpressure in the longer M16 barrel. It it gets the round up to speed in the longer barrel it will be under speed in the shorter M4 barrel.
Speed - spin - accuracy. Can’t get the same performance from both rifles with the same round.
Why is a demorat in a ranking position on this committee?
The efficiency argument is absolute preposterous. It’s not like one entity wouldn’t need ammunition at a time that another would suddenly need more. They’re not stocking another’s ammunition in addition to their own.
Oh, wait, it’s Loretta. “Absolutely Preposterous” was redundant.
A machine gun belt often has AP, Tracer, and other? mixed together.
Please learn the facts before spouting mis-information. The Geneva Convention addresses treatment of POW's among other issues. It is The Hague Conventions that address rules for civilized warfare among other issues.
In addition, the Hague Conventions only apply to uniformed soldiers from one of the belligerent parties involved in a particular war. They do not apply to guerrilla warfare or terrorists.
Furthermore, the U.S. has never ratified or signed The Hague Conventions, although we have generally complied by not using expanding bullets. However, one of the several weapons I was issued in Vietnam was a 12 gauge riot gun and OO buckshot, the soft lead pellets of which did not comply.
It can put food on the table.
Active Duty ping.