USAF VET....100% agreed!!!! If the tgt is hiding behind, for lack of better words, a "soft target", I have no problem in firing through it & eating it up.
My refrence to the targets only presenting headshots in Fallujah were hiding behind mud/brick...well you know the structures over there...5.56 will not penetrate through most of that stuff. Behind a chair or couch...then the so called cover will be shot through w/o hesitation.
To put things into prospective. I had to conduct a range study on new ways to perform Escalation of Force for convoy operations. Basically what I mean is how to signal, warn, & keep civilian vehicles away from our convoys while on the Iraqi roadways.
I tested "less-lethal" rounds for warning. Tested bird shot, buckshot, slugs, etc... To make a long story short, I shot a 12 ga slug thru the windshield of an old vehicle we were using for the test. The slug went thru the windshield, through the driverside head rest, through the back seat, through the trunk & out the back. It made a complete pass from front to rear. This shows that sometimes what seems to be solid cver isn't what it seems & that a decent round will rip thru alot of items used for cover.
My refrence to the targets only presenting headshots in Fallujah were hiding behind mud/brick...well you know the structures over there...5.56 will not penetrate through most of that stuff. Behind a chair or couch...then the so called cover will be shot through w/o hesitation.
To put things into prospective. I had to conduct a range study on new ways to perform Escalation of Force for convoy operations. Basically what I mean is how to signal, warn, & keep civilian vehicles away from our convoys while on the Iraqi roadways.
I tested "less-lethal" rounds for warning. Tested bird shot, buckshot, slugs, etc... To make a long story short, I shot a 12 ga slug thru the windshield of an old vehicle we were using for the test. The slug went thru the windshield, through the driverside head rest, through the back seat, through the trunk & out the back. It made a complete pass from front to rear. This shows that sometimes what seems to be solid cver isn't what it seems & that a decent round will rip thru alot of items used for cover.