1. Wounding an enemy combatant harms an enemy force more than killing the combatant outright.
2. A bullet wound, no matter how minor, will typically remove the combatant from the fight and require immediate medical attention
3. Most small arms engagements occur within 100m
4. Volume of fire is more important than power of the cartridge used
Guys, 5.56mm NATO is too big. Any suggestions?
1/10 because I replied,
no.
12.7×55mm STs-130
>>34957596
this is probably bait but I actually agree with the points you bring up
Those points are only valid if the enemy has the same no man left behind mentality that we do.
Blinding lasers would be the most effective, but we've b& that by treaty.
Something like a centerfire version of the .17 HMR would work well I think.
>>34957596
.223
5.56 is already small enough. Rimfire cartridges like 22lr have less range, are less accurate, and are fired with less energy than 5.56.
>>34957596
>OP doesn't understand ballistic physics
1/10 for making me reply
>>34957821
this
its 5.337 smaller and can be used in the same gun
>>34957985
*psychics
22lr is way deadlier than 5.56, it bounces off skulls then ricochets off the bad guy unto the next one, ad infinitum.
>>34958035
B-but i know a guy who was shot in the leg with a 5.56 and it came out of his ear!
Well thank god anon saw the light, I was just about to call DARPA to tell them about my new tungsten .20 bases on the 7mm penna.
I call it the .20 mild inconvenience
>>34957596
5.7x28
>>34957809
.17 hornet?
wrong in a firefight adrenaline dont make you even realise you got shoot, nowar virgin spoted.
>>34957596
Stop being poor