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Thirty million rounds of M855A1 EPR ammunition have been delivered to theatre. We look at the strikingly consistent ‘green bullet’ that is now in use by the US Army.


SINCE JUNE, the Army has fielded about 30 million of its new 5.56 M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round in Afghanistan. The cartridge, sometimes called the ‘green bullet’ because it has an environmentally-friendly copper core instead of the traditional lead, has been getting enthusiastic reviews in the year since it first deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom. “The vast majority of everything we’ve got back from the field is positive,” said Lt. Col. Jeffrey Woods,


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product manager, small calibre ammunition, during a media day at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. During the event, reporters learned the benefits of the new cartridge, witnessed a demonstration of the round compared with the round it is designed to replace, and had the opportunity to fire the round from an M16 and M4 rifle. Perhaps the biggest plus of the M855A1 “enhanced performance round” is the consistency it brings to the fight, more so than the 5.56 M822 round it is designed to replace.


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