It all depends on how much one intends to spend...........
5.56 rounds are good in that it can change a battlefield status quo as in the LOC between India and Pakistan whereby the philosophy of killing a soldier is not necessary but wounding him only to die later will cause one injury but two soldiers to get him medical aid and help taking three people off the front line.......this is a must flor Pakistan's Army when faced with a big army, however as a turn, PA can also then use the military strategy of Kargil using much heavy calibre weaponry to keep enemy afar.........
This is where the 7.62 round comes to effect. It keeps the effectective enemy range at about 700 metres and harrassing fire range at about 900 metres with most rifles....... This keeps the enemy a good distance away allowing your snipers using 50 cal rounds to hit the command and communications disrupting enemy co-ordination......however, 7.62 rounds cost more and when you take into account that a rifle can fire upto 700 rounds a minute, a 30 round magazine will be gone in 3-4 seconds, especially when in sectional defence like the LOC......
Pakistan will however require to change its entire thinking about how and what to deploy. there are two scenarios, LOC (india) and terrorists in KP.......
5.56 rounds are good in that it can change a battlefield status quo as in the LOC between India and Pakistan whereby the philosophy of killing a soldier is not necessary but wounding him only to die later will cause one injury but two soldiers to get him medical aid and help taking three people off the front line.......this is a must flor Pakistan's Army when faced with a big army, however as a turn, PA can also then use the military strategy of Kargil using much heavy calibre weaponry to keep enemy afar.........
This is where the 7.62 round comes to effect. It keeps the effectective enemy range at about 700 metres and harrassing fire range at about 900 metres with most rifles....... This keeps the enemy a good distance away allowing your snipers using 50 cal rounds to hit the command and communications disrupting enemy co-ordination......however, 7.62 rounds cost more and when you take into account that a rifle can fire upto 700 rounds a minute, a 30 round magazine will be gone in 3-4 seconds, especially when in sectional defence like the LOC......
Pakistan will however require to change its entire thinking about how and what to deploy. there are two scenarios, LOC (india) and terrorists in KP.......