05-18-2023, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by LVSteve
IMHO the long range thing is a red herring. It's all about body armor penetration at any range, not hitting skinny insurgents wearing a sheet across open desert. There are some interesting videos out of the Ukraine conflict that show just how effective modern body armor has become in stopping intermediate rounds like 5.54x39, 7.62x39, and, I would guess, 5.56x45.
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I think it's all about having something not readily used or adapted by civilians.
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