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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 854795" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>.</p><p> </p><p>Think of warfare is two completely different categories, that really involve two different sets of rules. </p><p> </p><p>* first we have conventional warfare. Like WWII. Both sides sorta play by the rules (even though they didn't in WWII).</p><p> </p><p>* Then we have unconventional warfare, and neither side plays by any set of rules. But that ain't so! One side seems to always abide by the rules while the other never does. It's kind of stupid to think you'd you'd go into a fight with one hand tied behind your back. But that's what happens most of the time. This all started out in Korea, and seriously expanded in Vietnam. The rest of the new players are simply following the Vietnamese play book. Some of it's their fault, and much of it is our fault for even allowing it to take place. Had we fought the game like they did, they'd have capitulated very fast. But remember we're nice folks and don't bring ourselves down to that level. </p><p> </p><p>On the battlefield, 85% of all combat deaths are from artillery. Nothing new as we learned about that in 1917. Ten percent are from bombing and other forms of an airstrike. The next five percent are gunshots, anti personnel mines, disease, and even the bayonet. You take the last five percent, and then cull out all the gunshot KIA's. Almost 90% are under 125 yards! 85% are under 75 yards. Around 50% fall in to the under 50 yard category. I think the figure is almost 40% for under sixty feet! At the long distance of 150 yards, just how good of a bullet is needed? A soft tip is not so hot with body armor, but still hands off a lot energy on impact. A hard tip may or may not penetrate body armor (I don't want to test it).</p><p> </p><p>It would have appeared to me that the 6.8 round was a critical step in the correct direction, but still not good enough in my book. The problem was that the AR platform is a little too short to make something much more serious. Stretch it .250", and maybe widen it .200", and you got a different beast. The old .300 Savage case made into a 1.8" length with a shoulder length of about 1.53" would have been the ticket. Use bullets in the 135 grain class, and an optional 150 grain bullet. Neck it down to 7mm, or keep it at 30 caliber. Will it bust a windshield? You bet it will! Is it leagle? Yep it is! Do you need that much desired triple tap like the 5.56 does. No! What you'll have is near .308 ballistics with a shorter case. In other words the bullet impacts in the kill zone all the way out to 300 yards without much if any holdover. Or about 1000ft.lb. at 300 yards and 750 at 400 yards. Would also make a great light machinegun round due to it's case length alone! The 7mm version would be even more impressive with 1360 ft. lb of energy at 300 yards using a 139 grain bullet at 2700 fps. Shoots flat enough tp aim for the middle of the head and impact from the base of the sternum upwards.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 854795, member: 25383"] . Think of warfare is two completely different categories, that really involve two different sets of rules. * first we have conventional warfare. Like WWII. Both sides sorta play by the rules (even though they didn't in WWII). * Then we have unconventional warfare, and neither side plays by any set of rules. But that ain't so! One side seems to always abide by the rules while the other never does. It's kind of stupid to think you'd you'd go into a fight with one hand tied behind your back. But that's what happens most of the time. This all started out in Korea, and seriously expanded in Vietnam. The rest of the new players are simply following the Vietnamese play book. Some of it's their fault, and much of it is our fault for even allowing it to take place. Had we fought the game like they did, they'd have capitulated very fast. But remember we're nice folks and don't bring ourselves down to that level. On the battlefield, 85% of all combat deaths are from artillery. Nothing new as we learned about that in 1917. Ten percent are from bombing and other forms of an airstrike. The next five percent are gunshots, anti personnel mines, disease, and even the bayonet. You take the last five percent, and then cull out all the gunshot KIA's. Almost 90% are under 125 yards! 85% are under 75 yards. Around 50% fall in to the under 50 yard category. I think the figure is almost 40% for under sixty feet! At the long distance of 150 yards, just how good of a bullet is needed? A soft tip is not so hot with body armor, but still hands off a lot energy on impact. A hard tip may or may not penetrate body armor (I don't want to test it). It would have appeared to me that the 6.8 round was a critical step in the correct direction, but still not good enough in my book. The problem was that the AR platform is a little too short to make something much more serious. Stretch it .250", and maybe widen it .200", and you got a different beast. The old .300 Savage case made into a 1.8" length with a shoulder length of about 1.53" would have been the ticket. Use bullets in the 135 grain class, and an optional 150 grain bullet. Neck it down to 7mm, or keep it at 30 caliber. Will it bust a windshield? You bet it will! Is it leagle? Yep it is! Do you need that much desired triple tap like the 5.56 does. No! What you'll have is near .308 ballistics with a shorter case. In other words the bullet impacts in the kill zone all the way out to 300 yards without much if any holdover. Or about 1000ft.lb. at 300 yards and 750 at 400 yards. Would also make a great light machinegun round due to it's case length alone! The 7mm version would be even more impressive with 1360 ft. lb of energy at 300 yards using a 139 grain bullet at 2700 fps. Shoots flat enough tp aim for the middle of the head and impact from the base of the sternum upwards. gary [/QUOTE]
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