Posted on Oct 4, 2021
SAS armed with rifle so powerful it can blast helicopters out the sky
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Some may want to check this new 50 cal rifle with a unique new means of recoil out. Sheer genius! This is exactly what one wants a sniper team to have in a urban defensive fight.
SAS armed with rifle so powerful it can blast helicopters out the sky
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Love this quote: "The GM6 is fantastic. It’s like going into battle carrying an artillery piece. The troops call it the Howitzer. It an absolutely massive punch."
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Isn't it part of the Geneva Convention to outlaw shooting at men with a 50 Cal?
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LTC Eric Udouj
No - its not a part of the Geneva convention in the way popular myth has it... but that was a great propaganda item once used that has remained around for almost 5 decades now. Sometimes items like that are the easy ones to get put into popular culture and thought. And as to using 50 cal - recall that it was the Canadians who got the longest kill with a 50 cal rifle in Afghanistan.
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PFC David Foster
LTC Eric Udouj - You're right! Is .50 caliber illegal for use on human targets in war?
No. But a lot of troops believe otherwise. There's a story here.
Back in the Vietnam era, remote U.S Army posts in the jungle were consistently running out of 50-caliber ammo. The problem was that guards were smoking it off at anything (enemy troops, snakes, etc.) that twitched in the jungle in the middle of the night. This was a real problem, because they really needed that ammo in the event the enemy attacked in any sort of vehicle (engaging vehicles is the main purpose of 50-cal).
So, the NCOs and company grade officers started ordering the troops to not use the 50-cal for anything other than vehicles. The purpose was to conserve that type of ammunition, but the story was that it violated the Geneva Convention.
And for the next 50 years, the lawyers of the JAG Corps have been trying to stamp out that little military myth. It's perfectly legal to use 50-cal on enemy personnel. But if you are low on that type of ammo, it may be wise to save it for bigger targets.
No. But a lot of troops believe otherwise. There's a story here.
Back in the Vietnam era, remote U.S Army posts in the jungle were consistently running out of 50-caliber ammo. The problem was that guards were smoking it off at anything (enemy troops, snakes, etc.) that twitched in the jungle in the middle of the night. This was a real problem, because they really needed that ammo in the event the enemy attacked in any sort of vehicle (engaging vehicles is the main purpose of 50-cal).
So, the NCOs and company grade officers started ordering the troops to not use the 50-cal for anything other than vehicles. The purpose was to conserve that type of ammunition, but the story was that it violated the Geneva Convention.
And for the next 50 years, the lawyers of the JAG Corps have been trying to stamp out that little military myth. It's perfectly legal to use 50-cal on enemy personnel. But if you are low on that type of ammo, it may be wise to save it for bigger targets.
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