We only use the 9mm vecause easier to have more rounds. Majority favor the 45...The problem is that we've gotten really good at countering spalling. Like really good. If you maintained the spall liners, most kinds of spall would be useless, at least from my readings.
It also didn't help that the US's prior experiences tended to be fighting soldiers so hopped up on combat drugs that they could ignore the shock of more 'sane' rounds (it's why the .45ACP was even adopted as the principle round for the US Army because the older revolvers weren't putting down drugged-up Philipines who could take entire cylinders to the chest and still engage in close quarters battle with Americans, it was during this time that the US adopted shotguns en mass for soldiers because their shot and slugs were one of the few things that could put such troops down, and this was also the reason why the US was extremely slow to adopt the 9mm after WW2 despite the 9mm being outright better), which fed into this.
Everyone followed our leadThe US promised to adopt the FN-FAL if NATO went with the 7.62 NATO round. We reneged on said promise.
The US promised to adopt the FN-FAL if NATO went with the 7.62 NATO round. We reneged on said promise.
the .280 British
neither of these rounds are intermedate.the .276 Pedersen
It kind-of depends, the aramid/kevlar fibers behind some plates will catch lighter spall but anything that punches through the plate is going through those fibers (unless you're very lucky).The problem is that we've gotten really good at countering spalling. Like really good. If you maintained the spall liners, most kinds of spall would be useless, at least from my readings.
neither of these rounds are intermedate.
putting down drugged-up Philipines
Opium makes you sluggish, which makes difficult to carry out the kind of attacks that juramentados made, the kind of attacks they were known to make for centuries before the traders brought them opium.
simply put: less powerful then .30-06 does not equal an intermediate cartridge.And where exactly are you getting this idea?
no, both are full powered rifle cartridges intended to engage targets at 800 M +. they are skimming the low edge of what is acceptable for that role, but their muzzle energies are still nearly 1000 J above what would qualify as intermediate.Both of them are by definition intermediate calibers
There is no hard line for intermediate, and if anything, if you set it on the lower end then no one would want to use them anymore in the age of body armor.simply put: less powerful then .30-06 does not equal an intermediate cartridge.
no, both are full powered rifle cartridges intended to engage targets at 800 M +. they are skimming the low edge of what is acceptable for that role, but their muzzle energies are still nearly 1000 J above what would qualify as intermediate.