I'm not metric and do not plan to be. To me a metricator is like a fornicator, only metric. Still, I do not see how to convert calibres.
My fancy calculator says that a .223" bore is 5.66-mm and a .308" bore is 7.82-mm. So why does everyone say they are 5.56 and 7.62 respectively?
Also...
Most people in the U.S.A. insist that all sorts of firearms are "assault rifles". There is such a thing but none has ever been manufactured in North America.
The prototype assault rifle is the German MP44 (aka. MP43 and perhaps could even be called XMP 42). It was a 12 pound machine pistol...
History is often fiction and the best way to find out the truth is to listen to people who have been there.
N.A.T.O. is talking about a replacement for the 5.56 cartridge and perhaps even the rifle.
I am wanting to hear experienced views about the cartridge and the rifle.
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