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Registered: 17 July 2007
Posts: 21
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Well like the title says what works better in urban and combat in general. I personally think a 7.62 round would be better even though it has a shorter range than the 5.56 the 7.62 will knock u on your ass while the 5.56 just wounds u. so what do u guy think
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 Registered: 24 January 2005
Posts: 3040
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7.62 mm Versus 5.56 mm
Read the study. SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL I prefer to think that the chip on my shoulder gives the monkey on my back something to play with. I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing. “The Meek shall inherit the earth….after I’m through with it.” |
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Registered: 08 March 2007
Posts: 328
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1. I actually have read that study and I find it's conclusions to be a bit far-fetched and more that a bit nebulous.
2. Are you talking about 7.62x51 NATO or 7.62x39 Soviet, they are massively different rounds. "Untutored Courage is useless in the face of educated bullets" -George Patton "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. " Thomas Jefferson |
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Registered: 17 July 2007
Posts: 21
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the 5.56 nato and 7.62 nato round
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Location: WV
Registered: 12 December 2007
Posts: 19
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Really there is no comparison there... the 7.62 ballistics overshadows the 5.56 in every way... From intermediate and long ranges to hard target penetration the 7.62 is superior... But you also have to look at what is needed in the current theater of operations as well the simple logistics involved... Really the closer comparison would be that of the 5.56 and the 6.8, as they are both intermediate rounds as compared to the full size battle rifle round of the 7.62
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Registered: 23 February 2008
Posts: 15
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7.62 naruto round, definietly
Smack the japs, train ur abs! God bless america! |
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Registered: 08 March 2007
Posts: 328
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While it is true the 7.62x51 has longer range and is more powerful, it is also heavy, large, kicks like a mule, and generally nessicatates heavier rifles to carry it, these qualities make it an inferior round when the extra power rarely comes into play for anything except a designated markman or sniper. "Untutored Courage is useless in the face of educated bullets" -George Patton "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. " Thomas Jefferson |
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Registered: 24 January 2005
Posts: 3040
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Its not like todays Soldiers or Marines have much of a choice in which round or weapon is better. They take what they are issued and do the best they can with both the round and the rifle. By the by, all Marines are designated Marksmen.
SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL I prefer to think that the chip on my shoulder gives the monkey on my back something to play with. I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing. “The Meek shall inherit the earth….after I’m through with it.” |
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Registered: 19 February 2006
Posts: 1285
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I like my 7.62 PTR-91 with a 9 power scope, I can shoot a pattern roughly the size of a silver dollar at 400 yards in prone with support, it does not kick much because of the semi-auto action but it is a very heavy weapon, I would not want to go on a 100 mile road march with it (or any road march for that matter). The best sniper rifles are the .338 and the barret M82, but the cost of these rifles is excessive.
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Registered: 24 January 2005
Posts: 3040
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the longest force march I took was 84 miles, but that was jungle warfare training, humping across the Panama canal....actually we only saw the canal 3 times and that was when we had to get our bearings from a mountaintop. It took us twelve days.
SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL I prefer to think that the chip on my shoulder gives the monkey on my back something to play with. I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing. “The Meek shall inherit the earth….after I’m through with it.” |
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