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

• 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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