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Originally Posted by murphydog
And now that they are going to the 6.8 X 51 mm:
Less ammo carried
Less ammo in mag
More expensive
More recoil
Heavier gun*
But better at longer ranges. Question is will we need that capability?
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ok, I'm seeing the Sig Sauer rifle? XM5?
..we were taught the standard battle distance was 300m or less...we used the old M16A1 amd A2...no optics at all .....iron sights..so in battle conditions, it would be very hard to get kill shots at 300m...yes, at 500y, I hit 10 out of 10 on a man sized target with iron sights with the A1 max effective range of 460y--but that was in the prone, tight sling, taking our time, etc
....but I see in Afghanistan, battle distances were longer ....so, maybe they do need more range