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Jeff White · April 5, 2000, 05:50 PM

I'd pick the M4. If you're going to use an MP5 you might as well just go with the more compact handgun as you are shooting the same round from a larger weapon.

The M4 gives you a rifle cartridge in a package not much bigger then the MP5. There ia actually less danger of overpenetration from the 5.56mm round then from 9 or 10mm. The 5.56 will also reliably penetrate most soft body armor. Kevlar has made it's way into the hands of combatants in most conflicts and into the hands of criminals here in the US.

Jeff

April 5, 2000, 05:50 PM	#6
Jeff White Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1998 Location: Kinmundy, IL, USA Posts: 1,397	I'd pick the M4. If you're going to use an MP5 you might as well just go with the more compact handgun as you are shooting the same round from a larger weapon. The M4 gives you a rifle cartridge in a package not much bigger then the MP5. There ia actually less danger of overpenetration from the 5.56mm round then from 9 or 10mm. The 5.56 will also reliably penetrate most soft body armor. Kevlar has made it's way into the hands of combatants in most conflicts and into the hands of criminals here in the US. Jeff