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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hobgoblin" data-source="post: 2777631" data-attributes="member: 24923">about that 5.56, i recall hearing that they discoverd that tumble effect quite by accident after the m-16 and the ammo was issued. later one have tryed to engineer more effective tumble but have not had any better luck with it then what the 5.56 can deliver...yes the 7.62 will go straight thru a unarmored opponent. but isnt most soldiers frontline soldiers issued some form of armor these days? and with the increase in urban combat, cant the 7.62 a edge when it comes to taking out people hiding behind corners and similar?but this is a sidetrack of dimentions, and i have seen it eat up whole threads on other forums so...and about the reliablity of a slugtrower, it depends. the ak-47 is famed for its ruggedness. the m-16 on the other hand may well lock up on you if you look at it wrong (they have later fixed the problem somewhat with the later versions and increasing the requirements for what type of bullets are used. something about how clean the propellant burns).all this comes from diffrent approaches to the basic workings of the weapon. the ak uses a lot of low presision parts and springs. the m-16 require high presision parts and use gases from the firing to drive the reloading. one may well say that its kinda overengineered.</blockquote>