Varmint
NES Member
Combat vets can correct me if I'm wrong, but seems to me 7.62 might be valuable for stopping power if you're engaging unarmored targets at close range, and actually hitting them - a la Somalia in 1993. But if you're just doing recon by fire, or engaging with little chance of hitting anything, then you're carrying all that weight for no benefit.
Isn't 5.56/7.62 partly used to share ammo with NATO? That seems pointless nowadays, we're not standing elbow to elbow with the Germans fighting a Soviet invasion. Should start with a clean slate and pick the best ammo.
I'm sure this is really just about lining the pockets of politicians and their gun manufacturer benefactors, rather than what the soldier on the ground needs.
Isn't 5.56/7.62 partly used to share ammo with NATO? That seems pointless nowadays, we're not standing elbow to elbow with the Germans fighting a Soviet invasion. Should start with a clean slate and pick the best ammo.
I'm sure this is really just about lining the pockets of politicians and their gun manufacturer benefactors, rather than what the soldier on the ground needs.