New Army "Caliber Configuration Study"

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Stan, one question: Have the Soviets been using steel-core bullets due to their environmental sensitivities?

John, I couldn't care less what their reasons are. Isn't the important issue whether or not steel-core bullets are effective?

I can't count all the posts I've seen that laud the performance of 5.45x39 and 7.62x54R, both of which use steel-core bullets.

For that matter, in the latter part of WWII, steel-core bullets succeeded lead-core rounds as standard issue for US troops. Does anybody seriously think that would've been done if it reduced the effectiveness of small arms???