User blog comment:Cod1/U.S. Marines with AK-47s/@comment-1367054-20100408225841

I don't have personal experience with guns, but from what I've seen about the numbers and what I've heard that is my opinion. Even Griever has stated that the 5.56 is fine for Automatic Riflemen who don't have to worry about making one-shot kills, and who NEED a lot of ammunition. Logistics won't be much of an issue for the US Military, and efficiency of our troops outweighs any potential issues in my book.

As it stands, we use the 5.56 in STANAG mags as standard, so that whether a trooper is using an M16, or an M249 he can use a mag from his buddy, I've never been in combat so all of this is based on research.