Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "A rifle's journey from Belgium to Gaza - BBC News" video.

  1. If I'm not mistaken that's a thing that derives from the 80's Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, where the Soviets introduced the 5.45x39 rifle cartridge, famous for tumbling and causing more damage to tissue than it's size would suggest. The locals called it the "poison bullet". The 5.56 tumbles and fragments at the cannelure, which also contributes for much faster incapacitation of the enemy. He saw the green tip, which merely means that the bullet has a mild steel insert to aid in penetration of helmets and kevlar vests at distance, and associated the green colour to the "poison" aspect.
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  2. Ian Loughney Which would be consistent with how folklore is spread by word of mouth - suddenly you have stories of vampires and werewolves because a once real story changed a little every time it was told. To the uneducated hearing legends about poison bullets, and then seeing a green-tipped bullet dropping people, it seems like it's actually made of poison because what the hell does he know about bullet design.
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  3. The army didn't do shit, it was Washington.
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  4. In Syria, etc they're using StG44's from the former Yugoslavia with Serbian made 7.92x33 ammo. If they can get such an "outdated", specific ammunition that's only made by one factory, they certainly can get 5.56 NATO.
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  5. S C 5.56 "NATO" as in the caliber, which is called 5.56 NATO, not 5.56 NATO as in the STANAG 4172 standard. You can manufacture it to the 5.56 case specs, ie it's not .223 Rem, and never be meant to be used by a NATO country.
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