TyTy
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Wayward Son:Yes, we were never trained to shoot to wound. Not once was that mentioned to me while in service.
Have you read about the new round under testing? I think Remington cooked it up, it's basically a short-action .270, I'm drawing a blank on the actual designation they're using. Looks like it should be a substantially better combat round than the 223 without carrying too much of a penalty in terms of weight & space to carry a decent amount of ammo.
I think that is the round that H&K is using in their gun that is taking a run at replacement of the M-16. I am from Columbus GA and H&K built a facility right near Ft. Benning rumored to be for that purpose.
I know a .223 even hollow point does not seem to be very effective against southern deer whereas my .270 drops 99.9%.
(We are way off subject)
Seriously though, if shooting a scuba tank to kill it the .270 seems to be the most effective of the rounds tested in this scenario, what I was orignally sayng is that the 7mm having gone straight through would not have been effective at putting the tank down as the .270 that stayed in the tank.