Matt Cox is reporting that soldiers will start fighting this summer with a new, “green” bullet that Army ballistics officials are touting as “the best general purpose 5.56mm round ever.”
The Army has begun shipping the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round to soldiers serving in Afghanistan, according to a June 23 press release from Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.
The announcement comes 11 months after the service had to halt the program when the M855A1 lead-free slug failed to perform under high temperatures.
via: Army Times: ‘Green’ ammo shipped to Afghanistan
Photo: Courtesy Picatinny Arsenal.
