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New Cartridge Developments and Implications for Dismounted Infantry Soldiers
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Originally posted by Sticks View PostFunny.
Can't use lead bullets anymore, but by god, we will litter the battlefield with plastic that will never ever corrode away.
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Originally posted by rickt300 View PostEco friendly just cracks me up as we are talking about the imminent destruction of human tissue before and after the penetration of various barriers. That said Okinawa was literally covered with bullets fired in WWII, and this I saw in the 70's. Anyone ever hear anything about the ecosystem of Okinawa being damaged by large amounts of lead? When I was there most of the war damage had been grown over though there was still plenty of munitions to be found if you wanted to look.Originally posted by Popeye212 View PostNow you really can't expect em to think past the lead thing.
1. The switch to lead-free bullets was never about concern over polluting the battlefield. It was about reducing pollution on US military firing ranges.
2. Lead-free M80A1 and M855A1 ammo delivers superior terminal performance in both soft and hard targets compared to lead-core M80 and M855.
Lead is not the best choice of material for bullets in general-purpose combat ammo.Last edited by stanc; 05-01-2018, 03:18 AM.
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Originally posted by hill37 View Postwhat do you think the best material would be?
But, if you're not limited to just one material, the two-piece (steel tip / copper slug) construction of the EPR bullet is hard to beat.
Last edited by stanc; 05-01-2018, 08:07 AM.
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Why not keep improved 5.56 for magazine fed weapons? It seems most problems with it have been fixed. Like LRRP52 I think machine guns are the major problem. What about a light, constant recoil machine gun using 140 gr steel and aluminum long bullets? Combined with light cases and fairly high speeds ,how would it perform?
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