05-23-2011, 03:50 AM
McCoy Wrote:Why not just outfit the soldiers for geographic specific needs like rifle scopes (Afghanistan) with a 2.5-10 variable range, or say a 1-8x
Fine, but the gun/cartridge combination needs to be able to shoot effectively out to long range, or a powerful scope is a waste of effort.
Quote:or here's a idea don't use a round that was designed to wound and not kill. But wasn't that the whole idea behind the 5.56 to cause wounding as to take up more resources from the enemy. Why yes, yes it was!
I have heard this one for many decades, but no-one has ever been able to point to the source for it.
I suspect that it is a misunderstanding of the Geneva Convention ban on "causing unnecessary suffering" - which says nothing about not killing the enemy!