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5.56x45mm NATO
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At the time of selection, there had been criticism that the recoil power of the 7.62×51mm NATO, when fired from a handheld lightweight modern service rifle in full automatic mode, did not allow for sufficient control, so the automatic follow-on shots would not hit the intended target but scatter around it.
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The British had extensive evidence from their own experimentation with intermediate cartridges since 1945, and were on the point of adopting the .280 (7 mm × 43mm) cartridge when the selection of 7.62×51mm (.308) as the NATO standard was made. The FN company had also been involved in the development of the .280 round, including developing a version of the FN FAL in .280. The United States overruled concerns about the recoil and overall effectiveness of 7.62 mm, and the other NATO nations accepted that standardization was more important than the selection of a cartridge that was otherwise ideal.
