[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Steel-core bullets

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I don't believe we covered this when it came out more than a year  
ago. - LS]

New Army Ammo Puts Mean in ?Green?


by Christian Lowe
Military.com
May 5, 2011

ABERDEEN, Md. --- Tell a Soldier he's loading "environmentally  
friendly" ammo into his M4 mag and he might be skeptical about  
whether it's as effective as its lead counterpart.

But Army officials here say the new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round  
-- with its steel core instead of a toxic lead slug -- is far more  
effective than the current round, doubling the effective range and  
for the first time giving M4-wielding Joes the ability to penetrate  
barriers once reserved for higher-caliber rounds.

:There's a stigma among Soldiers about something that's 'green,'"  
said Lt. Col. Jeff Woods, the Army's small caliber ammunition product  
manager. "This is a clear case where making something environmentally  
friendly works for us."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.military.com/news/article/May-2011/new-army-ammo-puts-mean- 
in-green.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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