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27 Jun 2022 12:12 pm
Are you suggesting the .223 was developed by the Army to maximize the damage wrought by an assault rifle, as part of its project to develop weapons firing small caliber high velocity rounds?Huey » 27 Jun 2022, 12:09 pm » wrote: ↑ continued
During parallel testing of the T44E4 (future M14) and the ArmaLite AR-15 in 1958, the T44E4 experienced 16 failures per 1,000 rounds fired compared to 6.1 for the ArmaLite AR-15.[5] Because of several different .222 caliber cartridges that were being developed for the SCHV project, the .222 Special was renamed .223 Remington. In May 1959, a report was produced stating that five- to seven-man squads armed with ArmaLite AR-15 rifles have a higher hit probability than 11-man squads armed with the M-14 rifle. At an Independence Day picnic, Air Force General Curtis Le May tested the ArmaLite AR-15 and was very impressed with it. He ordered a number of them to replace M2 carbines that were in use by the Air Force. In November of that year, testing at Aberdeen Proving Ground showed the ArmaLite AR-15 failure rate had declined to 2.5/1,000, resulting in the ArmaLite AR-15 being approved for more extensive trials.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.223_Remington#:~:text=It%20was%20developed%20in%201957,
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