With the proliferation of hard plate body armor, even poor as fuck people can get armor that can defeat most 5.56x45mm loadings. Even M855A1 doesn't defeat LvIV plates with a single hit, so what can be done about this?
I've heard that there are some new AP rounds in R&D right now, but there is a another issue, that tungsten carbide being as expensive as it is why don't we use depleted uranium?
My ideal round would have a 60gr round with a hardened steel jacket (to prevent fragmentation) with a Teflon coat to prevent barrel wear and feed ramp wear. The internal construction would be a depleted uranium penetrator that's rearward with a hollow gap between it and the nose. This puts most of the weight rearward, and with a boat tailed construction would increase accuracy, (something the M995 was extremely bad at) also this gap would allow the penetrator to move forward on impact, enabling the round to tumble when striking flesh.
The main caveat of the round is that it must not fragment easily, especially when striking personnel, this is to avoid any accusations of using the depleted uranium as a "toxic" ammunition and is solely there to defeat hard armor. The Army managed to get OTM ammo approved by stating that the open tip was there to increase accuracy, and thus circumvented the Hague Protocol.
Is there any ban or treaty on DU ammunition? And if you're bored, post your own homegrown bullets.
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>Is there any ban or treaty on DU ammunition? IIRC the DU was loaned/transferred to the USMil from department of energy specifically for munitions, and basically unobtainable by legal means
Sebastian Martinez
DU is is a better penetrator than tungsten, it becomes a self sharpening projectile that penetrates better the more it penetrates, with +50 fire damage because powdered uranium from bullets becomes highly pyrophoric. the air force even got close to 4000 fps projectiles with DU IIRC
Jack Gomez
Going back to .308 standard issue rifles and using steel tip ammunition.
Justin Johnson
it does not cause cancer, just remains present in your bones for the rest of your life
Lincoln Russell
the army did not want to use lead so they created tungsten frangible rounds, then found out that tungsten dust is 1000x worse for the environment than lead dust
DU does cause cancer, it’s 50-75% less likely to than normal uranium but that doesn’t mean that all of the radioactivity just magically goes away
Henry Martinez
natural abundance uranium and depleted uranium both present almost zero radiation risk, brainlet.
t. heavy metal chemist
Ryder Myers
>heavy metal chemist doesn't understand heavy metals are toxic and carcinogenic regardless of radiation Should maybe brush up on your biology and physiology
Austin Robinson
OP specified level IV armor, which is rated for 7.62 steel core AP.
Wyatt Price
Armor is winning this round. Just accept it.
Easton Cook
OTM ammunition does not expand, there is no lead hollowpoint.
Carter Bennett
>so what can be done about this?
Semi auto rifles in steel core magnum cartridges like the Army's new 6.8mm poly CT round.
Brody Adams
A nickel coating works better then teflon
Jordan Ross
It totally expands, get out DOD shill
John Sullivan
Thank you for letting us know your lack of knowledge of bullet design.
Benjamin Scott
alpha emitters are still an issue if you get it inside you scro
Hudson Ortiz
So let me get this straight OP you've got a round with a DU core and hardened steel jacket, how do you think the rifling is going to like that?
