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Doubs · 08-17-2003, 02:11 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by George Anderson:
Wasn't the cone shaped bullet phased out with the introduction of the Trommelmagazin or the MP18? I believe I had heard it was due to high capacity feeding problems.<hr /></blockquote>It's always been my understanding that it was Allied objections to the bullet design that caused the change from the truncated cone bullet to the round nose design. The Allies claimed that the blunt nose of the TC bullet caused unnecessary damage and suffering....... IOW, it was inhumane. The change took place, I believe, in 1916 so the Trommelmagazin doesn't seem to have been a factor.

08-17-2003, 02:11 PM	#24
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,743 Thanks: 828 Thanked 1,791 Times in 591 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by George Anderson: <strong>Wasn't the cone shaped bullet phased out with the introduction of the Trommelmagazin or the MP18? I believe I had heard it was due to high capacity feeding problems.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">It's always been my understanding that it was Allied objections to the bullet design that caused the change from the truncated cone bullet to the round nose design. The Allies claimed that the blunt nose of the TC bullet caused unnecessary damage and suffering....... IOW, it was inhumane. The change took place, I believe, in 1916 so the Trommelmagazin doesn't seem to have been a factor.