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To: IbJensen

Doesn’t our military use “ball” rounds instead of hollow point rounts?


31 posted on 04/01/2012 6:18:34 AM PDT by vanilla swirl (searching for something meaningfull to say)
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To: vanilla swirl
Doesn’t our military use “ball” rounds instead of hollow point rounts?

Yes, primarily NATO 5.56mm ball ammo, including the M193 cartridge, for use against personnel and unarmored targets; the M855 for use against personnel and light armored targets; and M856 tracers.

My understanding is that expanding point ammunition is used primarily (but not exclusively) in counterterrorist operations.

50 posted on 04/01/2012 6:37:27 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: vanilla swirl
Doesn’t our military use “ball” rounds instead of hollow point rounts?

Yea, I recall something about a Geneva Convention rules of war. I guess that only applies to terrorists and our enemies...

It must be perfectly alright for our government to blow American citizens apart with exploding ammunition...

95 posted on 04/01/2012 9:09:33 AM PDT by Errant
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To: vanilla swirl

Under the Geneva Convention the military is required to use ‘Humane” Full Metal Jacket ammunition. Interesting that someone suggested this ammunition was for training. Sorry, this ammunition is intended to be a people stopper. Our military gets stuck with 9mm, and DHS is given the much more potent .40 SW with expandable ammunition. As Alice said, curiouser and curiouser!

Gunner


130 posted on 04/02/2012 10:12:01 AM PDT by weps4ret (Republicans are suffering from Testicular Atrophy!!!)
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