New more lethal 5.56mm round for British Soldiers.

[ollie]

environmentalists should be happy - as there is no Lead in them

so although we are killing more Taliban we are saving the environment

everyone is a winner (except the enemy)

only if ye go around picking up the brass afterwards

[Flamingo]

Well that'll set the yuman rights brigade off big-time!

[RoyalGreenJacket]

environmentalists should be happy - as there is no Lead in them

so although we are killing more Taliban we are saving the environment

everyone is a winner (except the enemy)

[paul]

I wonder what the weight per weight is on them.

[ollie]

oh dear human rights nuts will not be happy....bullets that kill ??????

[Craghopper]

Good stuff.. like a dum dum round.. lol

[RoyalGreenJacket]

ok this is a report from the Daily Mirror but i've seen this mentioned officially before at work:

"A new high-tech bullet has been developed to help British troops take on the Taliban.
The ammunition will replace regular 5.56mm rounds which have been found to be ineffective on the Afghan frontline.

The traditional bullets are designed to wound an enemy fighter so comrades are distracted and go to their aid.

But troops have found they go straight through teenage Taliban gunmen, who are often skinny and malnourished, leaving them relatively unharmed. In turn the Taliban shoot back with 7.62mm rounds from Russian Dragunov rifles which are far more deadly over a longer distance.

So a super-lethal 5.56mm round has been developed in secret by British Aerospace and military boffins Qinetiq."

Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...#ixzz0xXnWjYzF



it's good to see progress in this area of small-arms which will make a big difference to Infantry soldiers on the battlefield.