Winfried, as a historian, I do like to offer evidence to back up my assertions. I am still looking for the source I referenced (I wrote about it here, but it turns out it's hard to find a
single post using "carry", "wound", or "5.56x45mm" out of 15K here.
). I am very interested to see your source.
John
Hi John, glad to meet a historian jhere, but I am only an amateur.
As far as quoting a source, my knowledge does not come from recent internet search. An example to find my original source of knowledge that thearth is round (more or less) I could say nothing else but that I learned that in school.
I am actually german speaking and can read such books as Thierbach GESCHICHTER DER FEUERWAFFEN (1886), Boeheim Waffenkunde, und Hans Delbrueck GESCHICHTE DER KRIEGSKUNST (3 Volumes published between 1905 and 1922)
As a result of changed tactics of the 1870/71 war between France and Germany, the development of smokeless powder and magazine rilfles, around the time of the Thompson LeGarde tests, european nations did investigations into the required kinetic energy to disable an enemy soldier and arrived at values of only 4mkg (the russions as the lowest) the germans and the english as 8 and as 20mkg, but I am speaking from memory only and may have the figures reversed. Never mind that for the present discussian.
The fact is, that all were interested in three things, high penetration (at close range obviously) accuracy over a distance the avarage soldier could see a target and have a chance to score with open sights and finally maximum range a wound could be inflicted. The latter was the reason why all better known military rifles had sight to a 2000m or 2000 yard range.
An excellent source is also THE TEXT BOOK OF THE BRITISH ARMY 1929, but my own book has been lost.
Nearly forgot WOUND BALLISTICS by Beyer Published by the surgeon General of the US Army which can find on the internet, or you could come and vist me and read my personal copy of this book with my name in gold embossed on it. (actuially with my nickname on it) Oh well.
I am going to start a thread "who invented the revolver?" like to see you "put your foot in it" as a historian.
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Regards
WAH