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It is a full-power rifle round in the 20th century, and is fairly common in machine guns, battle rifles, and sniper rifles, but not in lightweight assault rifles due to recoil and the size of 7.62x51mm NATO weapons; they are usually larger and heavier to accommodate the longer, more powerful cartridge. Its ineffectiveness in individual infantry weapons led to the adoption of the [[wikipedia:5.56x45mm NATO|5.56x45mm NATO]] round, due to better controllability and the ability to fit it into small, lightweight assault rifles. | It is a full-power rifle round in the 20th century, and is fairly common in machine guns, battle rifles, and sniper rifles, but not in lightweight assault rifles due to recoil and the size of 7.62x51mm NATO weapons; they are usually larger and heavier to accommodate the longer, more powerful cartridge. Its ineffectiveness in individual infantry weapons led to the adoption of the [[wikipedia:5.56x45mm NATO|5.56x45mm NATO]] round, due to better controllability and the ability to fit it into small, lightweight assault rifles. | ||
It is not known why the 5.56x45mm NATO round disappears in the ''Halo'' universe, but it could be possible that weapons technology advanced so much as to fit enough recoil control systems on a firearm to allow this powerful round be used as an infantry rifle round (the same could apply to the [[M6 series]]). It also seems that in the ''Halo'' universe, the 7.62x51mm round is no longer considered a full-power rifle cartridge, explaining why weapons that use the round such as the MA5 series are considered assault rifles when they would be considered battle rifles by today's standards. | It is not known why the 5.56x45mm NATO round disappears in the ''Halo'' universe, but it could be possible that weapons technology advanced so much as to fit enough recoil control systems on a firearm to allow this powerful round be used as an infantry rifle round (the same could apply to the [[M6 series]]). It also seems that in the ''Halo'' universe, the 7.62x51mm round is no longer considered a full-power rifle cartridge, explaining why weapons that use the round such as the MA5 series are considered assault rifles when they would be considered battle rifles by today's standards. However, certain rifles such as the DMRs still use the 7.62x51mm round to great effect, presumably by having an extremely high muzzle velocity. | ||
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