US Army Considers Adopting an Interim Battle Rifle in 7.62NATO: eventually adopt 6.5

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Just a side note to editorialize a bit: In a real shooting war with a real enemy — Iran, North Korea, China (God forbid) — with the grown-ups in charge for once, the ban on lead ammunition will take a back seat to actually devoting resources to winning the damn war, rather than appeasing politically-correct sensibilities.

Uh, John...those "real enemies" you cite have been using almost-lead-free bullets in standard ball ammo for decades.

7.62x39


7.62x54R


5.8x42

Taking WWII as an example, these people have no idea what is involved in total war.

Using WWII as an example also works against your position. Midway through that total war, the US switched from lead-core to almost-lead-free, steel-core bullets for .30-06 ammo.

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