05-04-2011, 12:46 PM
Tony,
Before you go too far into mea culpa, many of the events recounted by LLRPF52 involved the bullet hitting something immediately prior to entering the body. This means that the bullet is highly likely to be significantly yawed and possibly even upset by the prior impact.
The conclusion one can draw is the almost universally accepted one -- "The 5.56 does well within the first 100 or so meters."
The question we should address might be "How far out do we want the the new cartridge to have the potential for the effects described by LRRPF52?"
I would also concede that this question might be mooted by the desire to have the lethality at least equivalent to that of the 7.62 M80 round at 1100 meters.
Before you go too far into mea culpa, many of the events recounted by LLRPF52 involved the bullet hitting something immediately prior to entering the body. This means that the bullet is highly likely to be significantly yawed and possibly even upset by the prior impact.
The conclusion one can draw is the almost universally accepted one -- "The 5.56 does well within the first 100 or so meters."
The question we should address might be "How far out do we want the the new cartridge to have the potential for the effects described by LRRPF52?"
I would also concede that this question might be mooted by the desire to have the lethality at least equivalent to that of the 7.62 M80 round at 1100 meters.