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<blockquote data-quote="Mitch Rapp" data-source="post: 843342" data-attributes="member: 332"><p>The only other reason I can think of that the gov. went to it was training. During the time of its adoption there was a belief that soldiers should send massive numbers of rounds downrange, with little regard for practical accuracy, and that would create a big enough "saturated area" that nothing would survive. This idea is very similar to the one that led to the creation of the BAR. Neither really worked the way the "experts" intended in the real world. The "spray and pray" mentality was not something soldiers in the field came up with, it was a product of training. It does have some usefulness, most notably in the "mad minute" drills the army would do in Vietnam. These would serve to foil ambushes, or disrupt a planned attack, but usually just wasted ammo. </p><p></p><p>As to the comparison, both rounds are a compromise in many areas.</p><p></p><p>The platform that will be used to fire it makes a lot of the decision for me as to which I prefer. If it is out of a Mini, I would prefer the 7.62, out of a bolt gun, the .223, out of an AK variant (excluding the Galil) I prefer the 7.62 and out of an AR, I return to the .223. My reasoning is this, if I cannot be pin point accurate, then I want extra bullet mass, and energy, to make up for a lack of precision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mitch Rapp, post: 843342, member: 332"] The only other reason I can think of that the gov. went to it was training. During the time of its adoption there was a belief that soldiers should send massive numbers of rounds downrange, with little regard for practical accuracy, and that would create a big enough "saturated area" that nothing would survive. This idea is very similar to the one that led to the creation of the BAR. Neither really worked the way the "experts" intended in the real world. The "spray and pray" mentality was not something soldiers in the field came up with, it was a product of training. It does have some usefulness, most notably in the "mad minute" drills the army would do in Vietnam. These would serve to foil ambushes, or disrupt a planned attack, but usually just wasted ammo. As to the comparison, both rounds are a compromise in many areas. The platform that will be used to fire it makes a lot of the decision for me as to which I prefer. If it is out of a Mini, I would prefer the 7.62, out of a bolt gun, the .223, out of an AK variant (excluding the Galil) I prefer the 7.62 and out of an AR, I return to the .223. My reasoning is this, if I cannot be pin point accurate, then I want extra bullet mass, and energy, to make up for a lack of precision. [/QUOTE]
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