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| SLR or SA80 - You Choose? |
| 2024-04-13 |
| [You Tube] If you were going on operations tomorrow and you could only choose either the 7.62 mm Self Loading Rifle (SLR) or the 5.56 mm SA80 A1/A2/A3. Which would you take? SLR at the range. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 The Davy Crockett |
| Posted by: 3dc 2024-04-13 22:02 |
| #4 Always fighting the last war. Always. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-04-13 16:18 |
| #3 Didn't we have this dynamic in the early Viet Nam era and the M-14/M-16 discussion about Fulda Gap Vs Jungle environment engagement ranges and combat ammo load? Sounds awfully familiar. As an aside, don;t we have a lot of M-14s in storage somewhere, and a 7.62, seems like we could just avoid re-tooling for a whole new cartridge series when we are flat broke? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-04-13 14:58 |
| #2 Depends. If it is a shorter range city slug crawl, M-4A3 definitely. Lighter and can carry more ammunition and it works perfectly well at 150-200 meters. Long range fire like the trench warfare in Ukraine, definitely the SLR. Hits harder at longer ranges and I can keep ammo stored near me for resupply. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2024-04-13 11:13 |
| #1 Either one humps it's own ammo? I'll take one of these and a laser designator. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-04-13 11:13 |