What in the holy fuk are you babbling about. You are amazingly ignorant on this subject. And I'm not listening to the media, this is my goddamn job.
Yes, and you are in the military where
inertia and logistics rule, not combat effectiveness. Geez I've been through this so many times as an analyst.
And yes, if that makes me a
'pencil pusher' who
'isn't in the field,' then make that charge. But I'm definitely not ignorant. There isn't a lot of BS commentary on this fact. The
US military uses FMJ that
really sucks for CQC.
Now if you want to get into
non-military soft-point or hollow-point .223, then we can talk. But for civilians, the typical 9mm HP carry, especially +P, is going to heck of a lot better job than a military .223 FMJ at actually killing people.
Give me 15 cartridges of 9mm+P HP versus 30 cartridges of .223 FMJ any day!
Case-in-point: Have you actually read the FBI studies on mass shootings where 9mm and .223 were used? You have
far less fatalities with .223 than 9mm in almost every shooting for cartridges expended. My favorite will continue to be the Aurora shooter.
The Aurora shooter is basically the anti-US media argument. He used a drum, that jammed, and he only caused 12 fatalities, out of 58 hit by gunfire.
PS. The 5.7 was labled a cop killer because of the SS190's ability to penetrate Kevlar body armor.
And are US citizens able to buy SS190? And how good is it overall? Penetrate, yes, but
overall effectiveness?
I.e.., the 5.7 is the
worst of all worlds ...
low energy and
low cross-section. It's a base defense cartridge for airbases to deter,
not ideal for combat effectiveness, much less incapacitating!
And that was the case with the M-16 as well, another USAF 'selection' for a 'base defense' weapon that wasn't designed for the infantry (but I won't get on that high horse). The US Army did not adopt it as an effective weapon, but only adopted it by default (because flechette didn't work out).
Please kindly STFU about topics that you obviously have zero knowledge on.
Details! Details! Details! It's easy to fire off one-liners. It's more difficult to
get into the details!
That's why the US media calls the 9mm Glock an 'assault weapon' when it fits them, right down to using an AR-15 silhouette in their graphics, but then people turn around and say, 'Oh, it's not a rifle.'
Now ... if you want to start talking 7.62 BLK, 6.8 SPC or other, larger cross sections in rifle, we can talk. Those
rifle options are
far more effective than .223/5.56.
Again, I've been in these way, way too often as an analyst.