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I perfer black coffee in the morning, bourbon in evenings and spending money on sh*t I probably don't need.
What a clown bag of an officer.
The only thing he mentioned that might be a real improvement is caseless ammunition. IF it can be as reliable, then reduced weight along with no more FTE stoppages could be considered an improvement in small arms design. You could even go so far as to say that a new lack of ejection port would reduce outside contamination.
He still never stated that m855 is an old design that doesn't meet modern ballistic requirements. Simply changing to mk318 or hell even gold dots (pending Geneva approval) would be a big upgrade in knock down power and wouldn't require an entirely new weapon system. One of the major reasons the DOD doesn't switch calibers is because then we would have to get NATO to make the switch. That would be a 10 year war in and of itself.
The whole Geneva thing with SP/HP ammo is stupid. Unless I am misunderstanding something, ammo designed to cause unnecessary harm is outlawed. First, it's a bullet - it's point is to kill. Second, SP/HP is designed to kill better. And that guy is an idiot.
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It was the Hague conventions, not the Geneva conventions.
It went into effect more than 100 years ago and the US is not a signatory to the provision against the use of expanding bullets.
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me." Robert A. Heinlein
We do not have to go anywhere to get a bullet approved for warfare. It's done internally. I think it's the IG office that determines if a bullet is lawful for the US military to use
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Ok thanks for the corrections. Unfortunately, if anything, that's even more ridiculous.
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Jim Sullivan was on the original design team (along with Gene Stoner and Bob Fremont) for the M16 rifle. In interviews he said that it was a "disgrace" that American soldiers are still using the M16/M4 system, since the original design was first used in Vietnam around 50 years ago. He seems much more impressed with the AK-74.
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me." Robert A. Heinlein
The Vietnam-era M16 and a current M16A4 (or M4) are pretty similar with regards to the internals.
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