Posted on Jul 14, 2015
Should the Army switch to hollow point ammunition?
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What happens if we switch? What will our adversaries do in the future? Is this throwing the Geneva Convention out? Are we going to come with more in-humane ways of killing each other? Or is it time to retire the ancient ball round and move forward with something that puts the bad guy down once and fore all?
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I've heard the stories of what our adversaries are doing and have found them quite barbaric. I think any type of round we use wont matter...
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We (the United States) will be considered cruel and inhumane if we use them just for the mere fact that some (our citizens) would consider wounding or killing an adversary with anything other than ball ammunition excessive. Not going to chime in on my opinion, just stating fact given the recent PC world in which we live that is like GEN Perkins says, "Unknown, unknowable and ever changing".
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CW3 Kevin Storm
Chief, I worry about the implications on the battle field. What will the our friends and adversaries develop? Having been a street paramedic in the civilian world I have seen what a lot of these rounds can and will do. I may not like the ball round, but I sure as hell don't want to receive some of the types of rounds out there that could be coming back at us.
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CW5 Sam R. Baker
CW3 Kevin Storm - Totally agree, there in lay the issue. Shape charges were developed and utilized causing havoc on our up armored vehicles to get to the Soldier. It would be only a matter of time before they come up with something else, but lets take it back to Vietnam were the booby traps were set for us. No matter the ammo used, there will always be someone trying to kill an American, regardless of the weapon or tactic used. When it comes to US using a particular ammo, I think the retribution for the hollow point will come from our OWN country more than the adversary.
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