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The Army’s Substandard Ammo Magazine Needs to Go
« on: July 19, 2017, 08:00:56 am »
The Army’s Substandard Ammo Magazine Needs to Go
by Austin Yack

July 18, 2017 4:00 AM

The Marines have officially switched over to a more reliable polymer magazine. Why won’t the Army do the same? At alarming rates, U.S. Army personnel are purchasing their own ammunition magazines prior to deployment. That’s because the Army’s official magazine, the Enhanced Performance Magazine (EPM), is far from reliable on the battlefield, and the soldiers know it. The Marine Corps and other branches of the U.S. military have made the switch to more-reliable polymer magazines. Why hasn’t the Army?

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449569/army-ammunition-magazine-substandard-must-go
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Re: The Army’s Substandard Ammo Magazine Needs to Go
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2017, 09:51:30 am »
I noticed AK-74 mags are polymer, (and heavy). but those things are pretty durable.
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