It’s one of the original full power cartridges adopted just before WW1 for it’s range and power across no man’s land, and used in rifles and light machine guns through WW2 before being phased out during the transition to modern assault rifle calibers because the old rifle rounds were overkill at the new, shorter average ranges.
It’s one of the original full power cartridges adopted just before WW1 for it’s range and power across no man’s land, and used in rifles and light machine guns through WW2 before being phased out during the transition to modern assault rifle calibers because the old rifle rounds were overkill at the new, shorter average ranges.