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Taliban only to impress with High Explosive ammunition
It confirmed, however, the experience also made U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan: The Taliban fighters are hardly impressed by rifle fire to. The nerve, a field report rob them only HE ammunition (High Explosive). An additional problem is the small-caliber ammunition (5.56 mm) of modern-G36 rifles with which the German soldiers are equipped. In a field report from last year, a lack of "stopping power" complains: If an attacker is not mortally wounded, he can usually keep fighting.
An ammunition for this rifle, which is broken down after a hit, tearing great wounds, according to the Geneva Conventions prohibited by international law. The old Russian Kalashnikov rifles to fight with the Afghan insurgents generally, also have a longer range (although with far less precision).
Meanwhile, the infantry units of the army put on a mix of the old G36 and G3 rifle (7.62 mm), with also a shooter who stands behind the fire by the typical mud walls, can be held down better. The G3 bullets penetrate but not the tough-soft adobe walls, but still generate more dust and splinters.
Therefore, protecting against single Taliban now being used a weapon that was originally designed for combat against tanks: The Milan guided missile can be off up to two kilometers away enemies, even if they are protected by walls. This "misuse" have been the British troops in the Falklands War in 1982 against Argentina MGs tested with success, as was taught later in the Bundeswehr. However, each shot costs tens of thousands of euros. Far up to three kilometers can affect the TOW missile - also an anti-tank weapon, which is now housed in the Afghanistan operation.
