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(CW: War, Gore) US Army Col. makes disturbing claims about NATO 5.56 ammunition and uses an even more disturbing anecdote
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In this episode of What the Fuck America, a retired army kernel goes head to head with a lifelong fed. Colonel Tucker declares before the court that...
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...NATO 5.56 and/or (?) 0.223 caliber ammo can decapitate or split the upper body from the lower in a single shot. To support this claim, he makes up a story about a marine and then describes the Iraqi children he saw torn in half.
Did this hero just self report? It also turns out that your average lifelong war criminal doesn't really even need to know how guns work lmao
damn the "tumbling" myth just keeps on chuggin'
I bet this guy talks about "stopping power" and thinks his .45 1911 is the apogee of small arms technology
Can you explain what you mean by "tumbling myth"? Is it about .5.56 rounds tumbling in flight vs tumbling after the round hit the target? Wouldn't rounds still tumble or yaw outside of the effective range of the weapon?
I'm actually asking, i looked into it a bit and still don't know the score
Yeah, once a round isn't spinning enough to properly stabilize itself it'll tumble in the air and lose any accuracy. The tumbling myth I'm talking about is the myth that the 5.56 does more internal damage that some larger calibers because once it enters the body it tumbles. This is similar to the .22LR myth that once they enter the body they get "deflected" by bones and zip around inside doing a lot of damage. Both of these things sort of fall under the umbrella of fudd lore.
I remember a CSI episode where a .22 bullet bounces around inside a dude's skull lmao
Gun myths are fun, I think mythbusters did this one specifically.
I remember soldiers swearing up and down that .50 bmg could kill you if it passed near you.