and the massive debts being accrued by NATO member economies, I do not see their tax payers and politicians lining up to provide militaries with much more than directions to nearest rock piles as for new toys in the next several years, in regards to individual close combat weapons. Remote control weapons another animal entire.

It would appear that we and others will be producing 5.56 for a good long time.

and my 1SG at the time was tickled pink when I gifted him one of them as he remembered the originals.

Sadly PS magazine is no longer printed and even the online version is simply a list of articles as they're published.

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