Re: [HoE] Some Thoughts on Ammo

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

>Now there's a cool idea for an abomination... man-sized paper sillouettes!  

Blast shadows.

>Ok, I can see using an M-16 out to about 300 yards, but when you're firing at
>a moving target in cover, do you really expect to hit anything.  I've been
>told that in Vietnam, most soldiers had to expend upwards of 100 bullets to
>have any chance of hitting anything.

Nothing unusual about that.  What was the factoid introduced on the DL list
- that the Union often had to expend a man's weight in lead to kill him?

>>  One primary difference between the AK-47 and the M16 is that the M16's
5.56
>>  round is a tumbler.  That means that instead of hitting you and going
>>  through, the 5.56 will spin in your body, theoretically creating a higher
>>  chance of wounding instead of killing a man.
>
>True, but wasn't that just a side-effect of a lousy bullet?  Tumbling rounds
>sacrifice accuracy for damage.  I wonder if the AK-47s are any more
>accurate... though my understanding is the craftsmanship is usually pretty
>shoddy.

Nope.
You are remembering old Vietnam "wisdom".  Before the Army decided to train
the soldiers on maintenance issues.

And well before the M16A2.

Take a look at http://shoga.wwa.com/~dvelleux/m16rifle.html.
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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com

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