Grendel as a Universal Infantry Cartridge

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Actually, it has nothing to do with this, or any other, administration. It's the military leadership -- not the President or Congress -- who chooses the calibers and types of small arms to equip our soldiers.

Not exactly true. I believe it was President Kennedy who helped fast track the AR-15 AKA M-16 into our military services via Robert McNamara. I may be way off on this since my memory isn't what it use to be.

<sigh> If you insist on nitpicking, yes, there was an exception to the rule half a century ago, when the Office of the Secretary of Defense under JFK did direct the US Army to buy the M16 rifle.

However, that was a unique case, wherein manufacturing problems kept the M14 rifle from being fielded as planned, and a small quantity of M16 rifles were purchased to make up for the M14 shortage.

I'll rephrase: It has nothing to do with the administration. It's the military leadership -- not the President or Congress -- who normally chooses the calibers and types of small arms to equip our soldiers.