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breakingcontact · March 28, 2013, 08:53 AM

Well, first it is way cheapest to engineer some new bullet designs instead of replacing a huge amount of rifles.

Also...aside from anecdotal evidence, is the 556 doing a poor job?

Also while I'm all for tools that keep our fighting men alive, its not necessarily the case that with some whizzbang new round or platform that Iraq and Afghanistan would have turned out any differently.

Its a lousy reality that we go to war with the weapons we have not the weapons we want to have (or even those that are appropriate for that theater).

Would using M16A2 rifles make the round more effective enough?

Suppose if they converted ARs en masse to 6.8 SPC that would still be cheaper than going to a whole different weapon.

March 28, 2013, 08:53 AM	#8
breakingcontact Junior member Join Date: October 25, 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 736	Re: Enhanced Performance 5.56mm Well, first it is way cheapest to engineer some new bullet designs instead of replacing a huge amount of rifles. Also...aside from anecdotal evidence, is the 556 doing a poor job? Also while I'm all for tools that keep our fighting men alive, its not necessarily the case that with some whizzbang new round or platform that Iraq and Afghanistan would have turned out any differently. Its a lousy reality that we go to war with the weapons we have not the weapons we want to have (or even those that are appropriate for that theater). Would using M16A2 rifles make the round more effective enough? Suppose if they converted ARs en masse to 6.8 SPC that would still be cheaper than going to a whole different weapon.