Stopping Power
There is one more aspect to this story which I find deeply disturbing as a military professional. The SF guy whacks a 14 year old kid dead center in the chest with his main battle rifle from less than 50 yards away, and when he runs up to the vehicle the kid pops up and starts giving him shit about it? What the hell kind of main battle rifle are we using these days? Don’t get me wrong, I was very pleased to see the child survived as was the guy who shot him and everyone else involved. But when you shoot someone in the chest with a military grade rifle then that someone is supposed to go down and stay down. Whatever cartridge, barrel length, and suppressor combination that team is using is obviously less than adequate.
May 17th, 2010 at 11:51 am
I have great distaste for the AR family of weapons and every round used in an attempt to make it more deadly. Unlike the range commandos I have plenty of familiarity with both.
May 17th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
I bet an M4 with SS109 FMJ.
May 17th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
One word: poodleshooter
May 17th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
i always thought assault rifles had the tiny rounds, and battle rifles were more stout, and shot .308/bigger rounds.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
6.5 Swede. “nuff said. Americanize it. It will ‘tumble for you’.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
I don’t know what “dead center in the chest” means these days, but to me it means a heart and a spine hit. No one’s going to pop up after that.
May 20th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
What happens when you equip your soldiers with guns made by Mattel.