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    Somewhere I read that during WWII the Marine Corps had requested AP ammunition as Ball didn't penetrate log and wood defensive positions. The Army in the Pacific also went to AP, and it had become a standard replacement for Ball in rifle, BAR, and machine gun packaging during the Korean War.
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