Congress Wants to Know Why Soldiers, Marines Don’t Use the Same Rifle Ammo

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Posted 2016. december 8. csütörtök at 17:33

“POSTED BY: HOPE HODGE SECK NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The Marine Corps and the Army use different rifle ammo — and Congress is demanding a report explaining why.

The final joint version of the Fiscal 2017 National Defense Appropriations Act, released Wednesday, includes a provision requiring the secretary of defense to submit a report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees explaining why the two services are using different types of 5.56 mm ammunition for their M16A4 and M4 rifles.

According to the provision, the report must be submitted within 180 days after the bill, which includes the entire defense budget for the coming year, is enacted..”