fictitious war...pick your arms

[LR1955]

Gene,

That's all quite logical, except:

- OP did not say to choose the best rifle/carbine for all future wars. He specified a war. Since we only need to be concerned about selecting for one particular war, we can optimize for the specific conditions, instead of choosing a compromise. That's why the conditions are pertinent.

- Also, there is some question that the discussion even pertains to equipping the US Armed Forces, because the OP said: "So your involved in a fictitious war and need to arm yourself with a semi auto rifle. you may choose between the ar-15 and ar10 platforms." Since OP talks about the "need to arm yourself" and specifically requires a semi-auto AR10 or AR15, although the US Army uses the select-fire M4 carbine, it appears that the OP may be concerned about actions of actions of private citizens. And this is why I inquired about the enemy's rifle caliber, because if the question is the best caliber for citizens waging a guerrilla war against an invading army, it'd be useful to use the same caliber, for obvious reasons.

Stan:

Roger what you are saying aside from the notion that ONE war means ONE set of physical conditions. Western Europe for example includes mountainous terrain, plains, forests, arid areas, farms, cities, villages, towns; snow, rain, fog, sleet, sun; heat and cold; salt and fresh water environments.

The G war stuff is very logical in terms of resupply.

BTW - didn't you ask pretty much the same question a couple of times in the past? Maybe the old forum?

Someone else has asked the SHTF question twice that I can remember on the current forum.

LR55