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To: Mariner
"It's a FAR SUPERIOR round than any 5.56 ever produced."

My concern is the motive that drove the change. Were they looking for a more effective round and happened on components that were "green," or were they told to make a green round and things just worked out well for the troops this time?

49 posted on 01/06/2015 3:45:58 PM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: Flag_This
"or were they told to make a green round and things just worked out well for the troops this time? "

The latter.

Guaranteed.

51 posted on 01/06/2015 4:12:58 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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That data is based on computer simulations and projections, not combat or even shooting living targets. The army is big on computer simulations to push projects - that's the 9mm Luger ended up being "far more lethal than the .45".

Sure.

52 posted on 01/06/2015 4:22:08 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Flag_This

Methinks: They were told to make a green round, then - after making one - told it would go nowhere if it didn’t actually perform significantly better.


56 posted on 01/06/2015 5:57:35 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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