Interesting http://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/u-s-army-switch-hollow-point-ammunition/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=0711chronicle&utm_campaign=20150711-willtheusarmymaketheswitchtohpammo here.
There is apparently a strong rumor of a change in firearm. Along with that has been sustained rumors of change in calibre, although I sort of doubt the service will move away from the 9mm. Among other things, they would worry about females handling the weapon, and it is pretty well established that 9mm weapons are easiest for them to hold. The Short & Weak is neither reliable enough nor durable enough, IMO. They are asking for more accuracy, and you won't get that from a .40.
I was particularly intrigued by the lawyer comment the US never signed onto the Hague Convention, which is the one that governs military bullet types. If that is true, and if you can sell this as better protection for innocent civilians (the argument LEO's make for the hollow point rounds), then it just might get put into production.
But there is a flip side. WE do this, and you can bet the other side will also. And that will mean worse injuries to our soldiers. Possible. Hard to see stuff worse than the IED's.
There is apparently a strong rumor of a change in firearm. Along with that has been sustained rumors of change in calibre, although I sort of doubt the service will move away from the 9mm. Among other things, they would worry about females handling the weapon, and it is pretty well established that 9mm weapons are easiest for them to hold. The Short & Weak is neither reliable enough nor durable enough, IMO. They are asking for more accuracy, and you won't get that from a .40.
I was particularly intrigued by the lawyer comment the US never signed onto the Hague Convention, which is the one that governs military bullet types. If that is true, and if you can sell this as better protection for innocent civilians (the argument LEO's make for the hollow point rounds), then it just might get put into production.
But there is a flip side. WE do this, and you can bet the other side will also. And that will mean worse injuries to our soldiers. Possible. Hard to see stuff worse than the IED's.