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Originally Posted by Gene Econ
TR and ALPS:
Is there an approved requirements document for the type of ammo that LeMas is producing?
Gene
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Hey Gene,
Sorry for the late response. To my knowledge there are no written requirements for the specific operational capabilities of the Le Mas ammunition. As you know if there are no written requirements, there can be no procurement. In current times it seems to me that often the procurement structures drive the requirements for small arms weapon systems and ammunition, not always the needs of the end user.
The US Military use the same FBI ballistic gelatin performance protocols that have driven all current design, testing, and procurement guidelines for current DoD small arms ammunitions. Demonstrated performance in living tissue whether a primary design capability or not which does not correlate to ballistic gelatin will not compute. Funny that the Miami shootout has had such an effect with currently procured US military small arms ammunition. Some folks go to incredible efforts to justify that the current duty ammunitions do not demonstrate excessive lethality when fired from small arms weapon systems. Some would say such issues are of a political nature, not a legal rule of law question.