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7.62x51 nato is the full power round
Rilot said:
5.56 was adopted entirely due to the lower felt recoil impulse when compared to 7.62x51 and earlier 30-06. It means that you are much more likely to make hits with follow-up shots when firing a burst. Lower felt impulse means that marksmanship can be more easily taught as the cadet isn't fighting the rifle all the time. The M14 which was adopted before the M16 was chambered in 7.62x51 and is famously uncontrollable on full auto. Even us Brits when we had the FAL as our standard infantry rifle had the version that is semi-auto only for this reason.
We went from full-power rifle cartridges in WW2 (303 British and 30-06) to 7.62x51 NATO intermediate cartridges and then to 5.56x45 NATO. The USSR also did the same. They went from 7.62x54R in WW2, to 7.62x39 in the AK47 and AKM, then to 5.45x39 in the AK74. A cartridge that they still use in the AK-12 and AK74M.

However, as ChrisLX200 says, the stopping power and range of 5.56 are insufficient for the modern battlefield. Hence the new cartridge.
I'm wondering whether we will adopt the same cartridge across NATO. It would make sense from a logistics perspective.
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US intelligence: Russia has lost over 280 planes and over 3000 main battle tanks, the loss of tanks is estimated to be 50% of Russia's combat available stocks.

On a side note, Russias main tank producer looks like prior to the war it was able to build 150 tanks per year - meaning if the war ended today and the Russian government did not export any tank production, it would still take 20 years to replace the lost tanks
 
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Grim5 said:
US intelligence: Russia has lost over 280 planes and over 3000 main battle tanks, the loss of tanks is estimated to be 50% of Russia's combat available stocks.

On a side note, Russias main tank producer looks like prior to the war it was able to build 150 tanks per year - meaning if the war ended today and the Russian government did not export any tank production, it would still take 20 years to replace the lost tanks
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That is with all the imported technology?
 
Thekwango said:
i feel bad for you man, real bad. having missed out on Airwolf your life has only been half fulfilled. awesome show. when the lead characters name is Stringfellow Hawke, you know it's gotta be awesome.
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Jan-Michael Vincent went on to star in softcore porn movies, to my recollection.
 
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Jan-Michael Vincent went on to star in softcore porn movies, to my recollection.
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really? don't recall that, i know he did a couple of more risque movies but didn't know he ended up down the softcore porn route. either way he wrecked himself with drink and drugs, that he made it into his 70's is something of a minor miracle!!
 
A life without ever having experienced AirWolf, is not a life worth living.......... Apart from season 3 which was made up of old footage from seasons 1 and 2 because they no longer had the helicopter.......Or Jean-Michael Vincent.

A sad fact about the Bell helicopter that was used for all the actions scenes is that it was sold on to be a rescue or paramedic heli. It crashed I believe some time in the 1990s, killing its crew.
 
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