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Hi, guys,
"There is, of course, sometimes a large difference between theory and practice."
My point on the Pedersen device.
"... when a person is shot with a 5.56, they pretty well stayed shot."
I have no combat experience (my service was in peacetime), but I agree that the 5.56 is perfectly adequate against personnel in the open. Still, IIRC there were many complaints from Iraq and Afghanistan that the 7.62x39 would penetrate cover that the 5.56 could not. And of course, the U.S. did field a lot of M14's to provide range and penetration that the 5.56 didn't.
Long-range snipers used other cartridges in that specialized role where the M16/M4 would have been totally inadequate and the 7.62 NATO marginal at best.
Jim
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