About the 5.8mm bullet

Well how effective, is a round really depend on it rifle too.
For e.g. The 1st Cdo Reg army reserve use the AUG, M4A1, and the M16A2, which all use 5.56mm NATO. Nevertheless the is some agurement between servicemen about with one is the best.

It is also interesting to note that China has also developed 5.56mm version of its Type 95 rifle, known as Type 97. Also NORINCO continues manufacturing 5.56mm and 5.54mm (AK-74 copy) rifles for export. It appears that 5.58mm is only for domestic use, while export products will stick to US or Russian calibres

I knew about the 5.56MM Export model, which also accepts the STANAG M-16 Magazines, but it's the first I have heard of the 5.45MM version. Does it accept AK-74 magazines?

The_Zergling said:

Hmm. Color me uninformed, but could you explain exactly why hollowed bullets are illegal for use in war? I mean, any bullet's role is to kill by punching a nasty hole in the unfortunate target.

Also, could someone explain what exactly are full-metal jackets, lead points, hollow points, soft points(?) and why there are these distinctions, and what the effect is?

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The simple reason for this is that the St. Petersburg conference of 1869 banned the use of dumdum (named after the factory in India) and other expanding/explosive rounds in warfare between Europeans (after the Crimean war). This ban did not then extend to 'non-civilized' powers, but was written into the first Geneva conference, and has remained with us ever since.