07-10-2011, 09:49 PM
Mav714 Wrote:What's amazing to me is that my dad and other relatives carried either the Garrand or .30 carbine all over WII and got the job done. Countless soldiers carried the 30:06 all over with a 9+ lb rifle plus the gear. what I especially don't understand about our military is why they want to stay with a varmint round. I know it's a NATO round etc, but putting combatant down quickly vs multiple shoots doesn't make sense.The 5.56mm M4 is the modern equivalent of the .30 M1 carbine, which reportedly often required multiple hits to stop an enemy soldier.
What I don't understand is why today everybody (but me
) has proposed alternative cartridges only in 6.5mm, 6.8mm and 7mm. Why, them's all furrin calibers. 
6mm is a uniquely American military caliber. Japan, Norway and Sweden had 6.5mm, China had 6.8mm, Spain had 7mm, but only the United States has ever adopted and fielded 6mm rifles and machine guns.