{"id":82363,"date":"2018-10-17T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82363"},"modified":"2018-10-17T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:00:11","slug":"army-moves-to-hollow-point-ammo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82363","title":{"rendered":"Army moves to Hollow Point Ammo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poetrooper joins us this morning with some thoughts.<\/p>\n

I missed this back in February when I was engaged in that damned radiation and chemo therapy to kill the devil tumor in my throat. I suppose I shouldn\u2019t say \u201cdamned\u201d because together they kept me alive enough to still pound this keyboard although I could still be classified as WIA from friendly fire. Anyhow, I just ran across this article while surfing for accessories for the Kel-Tec Sub-2000 9mm carbine<\/a> I bought a few weeks ago. It\u2019s a sweet little piece that takes the same mags as my Beretta 92. And already having a bunch of those and a ton of stored 9mm, both ball and jacketed hollow point, it was a no-brainer addition to ol\u2019 Poe\u2019s armamentarium that lets me reach out beyond pistol range with a 9mm hollow point and touch bad guys with more muzzle velocity and more foot pounds of energy on impact, making it a more memorable experience for them; which is also the point of this move by the Army, making a close encounter with our bold warriors a more memorable experience for these unlawful combatants we face around the globe.
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\nThis is a very informative article, with lots of links on the legal issues surrounding the Army\u2019s decision to begin issuing hollow point rounds for use in combat. Like most folks, I\u2019d always thought any type of hollow point ammunition was banned by the Geneva Conventions although I\u2019d also heard that proscription applied only to use against signatories of that treaty. As it turns out, the military legal eagles have finally stifled their reluctance to ratify that exception and the Army, and I assume the other services as well, will finally have pistol ammunition that affords a greater chance of killing or disabling an enemy contender. All I can say is, \u201cIt\u2019s about frickin\u2019 time.\u201d Here\u2019s the article from earlier this year:<\/p>\n

US Army Adopts hollow-point ammo M-17 M-18<\/a><\/p>\n

If Jonn covered this while I was MIA, please forgive an old man\u2019s duplication.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks PT, nothing to forgive and it’s great to have you back. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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