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Military Looking at replacing 5.56 NATO -- Freeper HELP NEEDED
VANITY | tightwadbob

Posted on 11/16/2005 11:36:11 AM PST by tightwadbob

Within the last week, there was a link here that discussed the military wanting to replace the 5.56 Nato with 7.62 NATO or some other round. I have used every search word I can think of but still can't locate that thread. Can anybody give me the link, PLEASE?


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 556; 762; ammo; bang; banglist; guns; m14; m16; military; socom
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1 posted on 11/16/2005 11:36:12 AM PST by tightwadbob
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To: tightwadbob

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1522266/posts


2 posted on 11/16/2005 11:37:37 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (DUmmies are permanently stuck on stupid.)
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Thanks, FR is an amazing resource.


3 posted on 11/16/2005 11:41:24 AM PST by tightwadbob
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7.62...is a good round.


4 posted on 11/16/2005 11:42:37 AM PST by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
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forget 7.62 they need to use .338 Lapua :)


5 posted on 11/16/2005 11:43:22 AM PST by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: tightwadbob; Squantos

It's the 6.8 SPC :

http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=383


6 posted on 11/16/2005 11:45:25 AM PST by PoorMuttly ("He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head." - G. K.Chesterton)
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To: Echo Talon

forget 7.62 they need to use .338 Lapua :)
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Yeah, right. The 7.62 has always been a favorite round. It is short enough for autoloaders that can be made small enough (unless you want to carry a BAR all day long :-) ) --- much longer range with energy, than the 5.56 MM.



7 posted on 11/16/2005 11:48:50 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: tightwadbob

I remembered seeing it yesterday and just typed 5.56 in the find. (Title by score)


8 posted on 11/16/2005 11:49:34 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (DUmmies are permanently stuck on stupid.)
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To: EagleUSA

yea but if we want firepower... come on! :D hehe


9 posted on 11/16/2005 11:52:08 AM PST by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: tightwadbob

50 caliber patched roundball behind 90 grains of 3fg powder in a kentucky flintlock will do the trick, as many deer and bear I shot will attest to


10 posted on 11/16/2005 11:53:22 AM PST by sachem longrifle (Proud member of the Fond Du Lac band of the Chippewa people)
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We switched from 7.62 to 5.56 back in the early 60's( I think it was under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara) . The thought behind that is of course cost and the psychological effect on the enemy. Since 5.56 tends to wound more than it kills all the wounded would cause a negative psychological effect on the enemy. Therefore lowering their moral. Basically it was Bean Counter BS.


11 posted on 11/16/2005 11:53:47 AM PST by Sprite518
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To: PoorMuttly

Seems to me that the Grendel round is a LOT better, much more inherently accurate.


12 posted on 11/16/2005 11:53:48 AM PST by PoorMuttly ("He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head." - G. K.Chesterton)
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To: EagleUSA

or 300win mag. :D that would smoke some terrorists. :D


13 posted on 11/16/2005 11:53:54 AM PST by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: sachem longrifle

ehhh.. use 50cal maxiball... :D I have a Thompson


14 posted on 11/16/2005 11:55:09 AM PST by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Sprite518

That was fine when we fought cultures that cared about their own wounded.


15 posted on 11/16/2005 11:56:02 AM PST by One Proud Dad
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To: sachem longrifle

One of these with about 75 grains of Powerdex. :)
16 posted on 11/16/2005 11:58:55 AM PST by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: tightwadbob

oh great...here we go!

The thread that would not die.


17 posted on 11/16/2005 11:59:36 AM PST by Hammerhead
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To: One Proud Dad
Hmm... I think killing rather than wounding them is way more effective.
18 posted on 11/16/2005 12:01:14 PM PST by Sprite518
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To: tightwadbob
6.5 Grendel from Alexander Arms
19 posted on 11/16/2005 12:02:27 PM PST by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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To: tightwadbob
I have been thinking about this after reading a couple of threads.

I wonder if it would be practical to have the soldiers all armed with a pistol, maybe the new FN high velocity for use in close quarters as a primary weapon instead of the M4. For that matter a high capacity .45 would be good.

For those times when they really needed more power they could use an FN FAL or something similar. In other words, every combat soldier has a pistol and a rifle. The pistol for close quarters and the rifle for everything else.

20 posted on 11/16/2005 12:04:06 PM PST by yarddog
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