There is a Geneva Convention that limits the use of fragmenting ammunition in rifles and pistols. I am unsure of the exact protocol. Thus our troops are restricted to using ball ammunition. I for one would be very happy to see the US military adopt a new .45acp design or re-adopt the model 1911A1 for its standard sidearm.
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"There is a Geneva Convention that limits the use of fragmenting ammunition in rifles and pistols. I am unsure of the exact protocol. Thus our troops are restricted to using ball ammunition." Leave it to the politicians. It's okay to get hit with a mortar shell or some type of artillery, or get torched by a flamethrower, but Heaven forbid, it's illegal to get shot with a hollowpoint bullet.