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From: efrethei@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Erik J. Fretheim)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: M14 vs. M16
Message-ID: <1991Jan12.012923.25597@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 12 Jan 91 01:29:23 GMT
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From: efrethei@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Erik J. Fretheim)

One of the reasons for going to the M-16 and its automatic fire 
capabilities that has not been discussed is the results of a number 
of surveys taken during and after WWII and Korea.  These showed that
the probability of a soldier having actually fired his weapon in 
combat was directly related to his proximity to an automatic weapon.  At
that time, the squad machine gun.  The solution, of course, is to put an
automatic weapon right in everybodies hand.  Thereby you shorten the
distance to the nearest automatic weapon and increase the probability
he will fire the thing in combat.

ejf


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