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Originally Posted by Tegyrius
Yep. I love the M1 carbine but I do acknowledge its ballistic limitations. The cartridge doesn't have the legs to be effective within an appropriate infantry combat envelope and it's too slow for FMJ rounds to reliably produce a decent temporary wound cavity.
Really, to swipe a point from the recent Glock 18 thread, I'd classify the M1 Carbine as an early PDW.
Sometimes I'm amazed we didn't send troops to Vietnam with something chambered for .45-70...
- C.
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Well there was a guy in SOG who had a .444 Marlin imported to Vietnam for the purpose of busting log bunkers.