Us Marines move on to the new cartridges

In 2013, the us military command made the decision to move the army to a new, more powerful ammunition m855a1, but now it can get and the us marine corps. Currently, the marine corps is completing the testing of the new rounds, and their capabilities fully meet the marines, reports "Warspot" with reference to the portal range365. Com for the first time the m855a1 began to enter service with the us army units in 2010, and three years later U.S. Department of defense adopted a decision on full transition of the army to the new munition. M855a1 cartridge 5. 56×45 mm, designed for the military m4 rifles and is also compatible with m16 rifles and m249 machine guns. The m855a1 cartridge and bussoleno description of the cartridge, the composition of the powder mixture includes the additive, a reducing flame when fired.

The bullet consists of a copper paleobiology with steel tip develops more quickly and has increased penetration (9. 5 mm steel from a distance of 350 m) compared with the bullet of the m855 cartridge that was previously used in the us army and is still used in the usmc. U. S. Department of defense for several years, insists that the army and marine corps used a single type of ammunition. In the defense ministry believe that this will improve logistics and reduce the cost of providing troops with ammo. But because each of the american armed forces to decide what to equip your troops, sometimes it leads to additional costs and problems in logistics.

In addition, the commission is very reluctant to part with the old weapons – so, only in october last year, the command of the special operations forces of the marine corps officially refused the colt 1911, while the us army got his in the 70-ies.