The debate goes beyond 5.56 vs .308. The Afghans were successfullly sniping kalashnikov equipped Soviets with FLINTLOCKS and SMLEs. The whole debate was summed rather nicely by Sir Winston Churchill in his History of the English Speaking Peoples. "for smashing longheads or roundheads, Iron is definitely superior to bronze."
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