feeding issues L1A1

[bombdoc]

Hi Folks,

NATO STANAG calls for two symbol markings on small arms ammunition.. The "Cross in circle" mark is the NATO Design mark, meaning that the ammunition design conforms to a STANAG.. 2310 for 7.62x51. This is a pretty general agreement, which is just a conformation to a design standard, with no testing of interoperability..

The "Quadrefoil" mark - a sort of four bladed propeller is the NATO Interoperability mark. Ammunition bearing this mark is supposed to be able to safely fire in guns conforming to the standard.

The amount of variation in ammunition is however difficult to control across a range of propellants and bullet designs. To obtain true ballistic compatibility via NATO STANAG is probably as possible as producing NATO standard tea and coffee - drinkable (with care...) but definitely not the same...

...as with many things in NATO, good in theory, but falls a bit short in practice!

Does this help?