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The 5.56mm has a high MV than the older 7.62mm rounds. This causes a massive shock wave in the body as it passes through causing massive damage around the area it passes through
| Sorry Jack... You.Are.Wrong.
It is the 7.62 that creates a bigger "shock" wave on the body.
The 5.56 has a different strike and disintergration/travel pattern through the body... that is what causes the damage, not the shock. This is a well documented and heavily taught fact in the Australian military mate. | Dear Member,
We will just have to agree to disagree. A lot of things are taught military forces -- ie for years they were taught that HEAT warheads like those used by the M72 LAW burned through armor. So we will have to disagree.
Jack E. Hammond |
A HEAT has a probe on the tip of the round upon contact it launches a penatrator with the shaped charge warhead, punching into the armor and the explosion fallows causing "spalling" within the vehicle.
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