To: Tailgunner Joe
Weren't there reports from Afghanistan that the M4 platform was not powerful enough. The ballistics are different between a Remington .223 and a SS109 and shame on McCrystal for disseminating false information.
8 posted on
01/08/2013 5:57:01 AM PST by
Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
Weren't there reports from Afghanistan that the M4 platform was not powerful enough. The ballistics are different between a Remington .223 and a SS109 and shame on McCrystal for disseminating false information. That's what I heard as well. They were doing a significant amount of fighting at ranges there the 7.62x51 did a much better job (and even larger sniper rounds of course, but that's another whole kettle of fish).
94 posted on
01/08/2013 7:32:29 AM PST by
Still Thinking
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