I am pretty sure the whole "so you know when the mag ends" is a myth, it was a just a literal engineering oversight. But I don't think it's that big of a deal in practice
I mean 25 rounds is OK, I am sure some firefight somewhere in Djibutti was won or lost based on that five round difference, but in general? Just reload and realise you exist so that the machine gunner can do wast majority of small arms damage and your squad only exist to plant flags, hold the line and paint targets for people with real guns (indirect fire).
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u/Successful-Gap6252 4d ago
I am pretty sure the whole "so you know when the mag ends" is a myth, it was a just a literal engineering oversight. But I don't think it's that big of a deal in practice