Originally Posted by
GOOD OLE BOY
The savage enemies we have faced since Viet Nam don,t care one bit about gettin their wounded out.Thr VC admitted that if they lost 100 to our 1 they counted that has a success.They used that wounded scenario against,t us,not the other way around.
This is pretty much a straw man argument. The selection of 5.56mm didn't have anything to do with the VC's lack of concern about their troops. It arguably should have but Vietnam wasn't playing by the rules while we were. The U.S. chose the 5.56mm for reasons others have stated although much of the reasoning used in making the choice was based on us fighting another war in Europe, etc.