To: gandalftb
Why don’t they make M-16s in 7.62?
4 posted on
03/06/2008 10:32:55 AM PST by
WakeUpAndVote
(Pork, just bring the hot sauce!)
To: WakeUpAndVote
Why don’t they make M-16s in 7.62?Then they'd have to call them M-21s.
10 posted on
03/06/2008 10:37:21 AM PST by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: WakeUpAndVote
Then it would be an M-14..............
12 posted on
03/06/2008 10:38:05 AM PST by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: WakeUpAndVote
They do!
14 posted on
03/06/2008 10:39:30 AM PST by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: WakeUpAndVote
“Why don’t they make M-16s in 7.62?”
Ammunition supply train issues. 308 is bigger and heavier than 223. A soldier can carry more 223 ammo.
Personally I prefer the 308 but I don’t have to carry a battle load.
16 posted on
03/06/2008 10:40:06 AM PST by
dangerdoc
(dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
To: WakeUpAndVote
Forgot to add, the ak is also made in 308!
19 posted on
03/06/2008 10:41:14 AM PST by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: WakeUpAndVote
They do - its called an AR-10.
23 posted on
03/06/2008 10:43:58 AM PST by
Little Ray
(Drink the KoolAid: McCain for President!)
To: WakeUpAndVote
They do make the M-4 in 7.62 x 51
24 posted on
03/06/2008 10:44:10 AM PST by
newbolt
To: WakeUpAndVote
To: WakeUpAndVote
The M14 7.62mm Rifle was replaced in the sixties with the M16 5.56mm for a wide variety of reasons not the least of which is the additional amount of ammo a troop can carry into battle. Also the m16 seems to tie up enemy resources by delivering an incapacitating wound rather than certain death, or at least that’s how the theory goes.
40 posted on
03/06/2008 11:05:31 AM PST by
Camel Joe
(liberal=socialist=royalist/imperialist pawn=enemy of Freedom)
To: WakeUpAndVote
In addition to everything said before (mainly, you can carry a lot more 223 rounds than 762) a study done by the Army infantry department in WW-II found that in an infantry engagement only 25% of infantry men fired their rifles. The exception was the BAR man (one per squad), who fired 90% of the time.
Psychologically, a man with an automatic rifle is more likely to believe that he can affect the outcome of an engagement. If you’re going to be firing on AUTO your ammo will last longer if it’s 223 than 762. The difference in lethality is less important than getting lead on target.
To: WakeUpAndVote
My Son in Law has a M-16 in .308, that’s a real mean little motor scooter. .
80 posted on
03/06/2008 12:33:57 PM PST by
oyez
(Justa' another high minded lowlife.)
To: WakeUpAndVote
They do. It is called the AR-10.
88 posted on
03/06/2008 1:09:59 PM PST by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: WakeUpAndVote
I have a Colt AR in 7.62x39.
95 posted on
03/06/2008 1:30:45 PM PST by
mcshot
(Missing my grade school desk which protected from nuclear blasts.)
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