U.S. Army looking for a new rifle...

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84. Interesting

The article promotes the 7.62mm round as more effective, and also promotes a 7mm round. These are both described as "intermediate" rounds. Other posters on this topic have repeatedly tried to draw a distinction between "high-powered" and "intermediate" rounds, and this article actually contradicts their distinction. I would conclude that the larger rounds are in fact "high-powered", and thus there is little distinction between "High-powered" rounds and "intermediate" rounds.

Anyway, the article relates to the military applications of the 5.56 round, which is still plenty lethal in the civilian setting where people can be more easily shot at close range and hit multiple times. That said, the .223 is at least more survivable than the larger rounds, sure.

Edit: I still don't see any links to these supposed official definitions of "high-powered".

Edit: Also, the complaint in the article about the 5.56 round going right through a target without incapacitating it is not relevant when you can buy .223 rounds that are hollow point. Or the shooter could just hit a target multiple times.