Comment on YSK about Project 100,000, when the US conscripted people with mental disabilities to be used as cannon fodder in Vietnam, suffering triple the casualties of other soldiers

Jordan117@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  "Each soldier was then issued an AR-15 rifle, three clips of NATO 7.62 mm rounds… "

  That’s one of my favorite Onion articles and I never noticed this detail.

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There are AR-15s that use 7.62, jokingly called “AR-47”. They’re not using 7.62 NATO though.

    I’m sure there’s a .308 version of an AR-15 out there though.

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    • EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      AR-10 is the .308

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  • quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can someone who knows guns explain why this is funny?

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    • modus@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Short answer is that it’s the wrong ammo and won’t fit in the gun.

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      • Frostbeard@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Slightly longer answer. Ar15 is 5.56 mm (sort of a .223). A 7.52 mm (.308)won’t fit in the chamber, much less a magazine fit in the weapon.

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• MrWrinkles@leminal.space ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I never saw this in the service. I’m in tears! 😂

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• call_me_xale@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Art imitates life imitates art imitates…

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