Originally Posted by
Grand58742
Maybe, but still hasn't stopped the big Army (or USAF for that matter) from trying for years to "go green." Luckily we haven't talked about changing up from 855 for carry or deployment rounds for the moment. But most of our qualification is done using the Mk 311 frang and supposedly for environmental reasons.
Far be it for me to turn this into politics, but it seems the military starts looking at the "green" side of things whenever the DNC holds the White House. I know the 855A1 was in testing for a while, but didn't seem to get a front burner issue until after 09. I might be wrong and the tin foil side of me is coming out, but it looks like the .mil powers that be tend to try to please whomever is in power at the moment.
And I agree with the other poster that said we should be focusing more on killing bad people and breaking their toys rather than hugging bunnies. As well as the other folks that have said we simply cannot afford the expenses of fielding this round on a large scale right now.