Originally Posted by
Circle_10
Here's something I've been wondering about M855A1 for a while: I don't have a complete understanding of how the US military classifies it's equipment, so why does the nomenclature of M855A1 seem to essentially designate it as a derivative/improvement of M855 when as far as I can tell, the M855A1 is quite distinct in it's specifications, It seems like it is as different from standard M855 as M855 is from, say M193 for instance. Given it's relative uniqueness compared to other 5.56 loadings in the US inventory, I'm surprised it would'nt warrant a more distinctive designation, such as, just as an example, "M998" or something.
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