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#10MinuteTalk – The Ubiquitous 5.56x45 NATO

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🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Honestly, who doesn’t have a 5.56 or one of the new and fancy “.223 Wylde’s” in their arsenal? This cartridge has become one of if not the most ubiquitous cartridges in our world and we often take it for granted just being there and being what it is. Ryan Muckenhirn joins Jimmy and Mark to take it back to where it all began, what the cartridge has been intended for in its long use with NATO forces, how many different loads there are, what makes it different from its civilian cousin the .223, and what might be the future of this cartridge? Check it out!

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0:00.0

Hello everybody we have 10 minutes here with Mr Ryan Mucker and discussing NATO cartridges.

0:06.0

If you haven't tuned into our last one where we talked about the 9 by 19 NATO,

0:10.7

head back one of these 10 minute talks. we are on to the 5.5.6 this one of 5.6 is like

0:19.5

classic Lazed potato chips. They're everywhere you see them them all over the place, you kind of just forget

0:24.0

that they're there, but it is. And they're everywhere.

0:27.5

You love them, you can't have just one.

0:29.5

Exactly. It's become a name, it's a sticker. We see them on the backs of people's vehicles mocking folks

0:35.8

who do a lot of running instead of it saying. 26-2, it's 5.56.

0:40.8

Exactly.

0:41.8

Yeah, really popular round and and even older than it's

0:46.9

creation so I should say its creation comes before its adoption and standardization.

0:53.0

It's a very neat round.

0:54.5

I think in today's day and age, if you've heard of an AR-15,

0:58.4

you've heard the term 556 stated.

1:01.9

And again, backing up a little bit if you didn't catch the earlier

1:04.3

podcast or 10 minute talk excuse me on the 9 by 19.

1:07.7

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed after World War II.

1:12.4

If you've got some allies and you guys want the same

1:15.0

ammo if you have to fight a war in foreign lands,

1:18.0

we all want to show up at the same time

1:20.0

with the same stuff

1:21.0

so that we don't end up in a situation like our boys did in World War II with the Brits

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