MAJ Ehrhart - Increasing Small Arms Lethality in Afgh.

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"The US military thinks it may have got one of the basics wrong: its guns are not good enough. A US Army study found that the M-4 rifle, the workhorse weapon of America's troops, is ineffective at ranges of more then 300m because bullets lose the velocity necessary to kill an enemy."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...n-1979987.html


"US rifles not suited to warfare in Afghan hills"

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...pJz5QD9FR4EL80