Thread: 5.56 very poor round for stopping power
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Old 02-18-2017, 11:51 PM
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Interesting.

My grandfather commanded an infantry regiment in Korea. He taught me how to shoot. He also taught me how to be an officer, so I know that had he been aware of anything like that happening with one of his officers, he would have relieved them.

My father (veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam) wouldn't carry anything other than an M1 (or later M2) Carbine. The round's supposed lack of stopping power didn't keep him from killing Japanese in Burma or Viet Cong in Vietnam.
Your grandfather must have been "decisively engaged" quite a bit! Not many field grade officers get trigger time when it counts.

Seems like every veteran has plenty of, "this gun works, this one does not" stories, and they're not the same across the board.
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