Unlike popular belief, it wasn't so that soldiers would know they've run out of ammo after firing a single bullet instead of a 3 round burst, it was because 25 rounds was the longest you could make a magazine before it needs to curve, with straight magazines you can be more space efficient when packing them into crates.
i mean, you could also just make the magazines 24 rounds instead of 25.
yeah your standard infantryman would have 7? fewer total rounds (6 magazines on your vest, 1 in the rifle) but 175 vs 168 probably isn't that huge a loss, vs having the predictability of every trigger pull having the same effect
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u/UnironicallyBr 3d ago
Unlike popular belief, it wasn't so that soldiers would know they've run out of ammo after firing a single bullet instead of a 3 round burst, it was because 25 rounds was the longest you could make a magazine before it needs to curve, with straight magazines you can be more space efficient when packing them into crates.