Even if you don’t hit the crucial shots, the 5.56x45mm caliber features several armor-piercing bullets such as M855A1, M995, and SSA AP that will help you shred the opponent’s armor.

While this caliber may seem lacking from the last wipe, paired with the M855A1’s, it can easily drop enemies one by one. Since the weapon’s RPM is 650, in close-quarter fights it can lose to ...

Once players climb up the ammo spectrum, the M855A1 and M995 5.56mm rounds will easily beat even the BS and BP rounds. However, since they’re locked behind higher trader levels and rarer ...

The M855A1 is barrier blind, has better and more consistent terminal effects, and achieves better penetration against body armor than any earlier general purpose round (including the Mk262 and Mk318).

The U.S. Army believes the 5.56-millimeter caliber is slowly growing obsolete. Today’s M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round, or “green tip ammo,” is designed to penetrate body armor while still ...

The stance is quite different from the openness the Army showed when it unveiled its M855A1 5.56mm Enhanced Performance Round in 2011 and, later, the M80A1 7.62mm EPR. Two Army officials with ...

the 5.56x45mm round that’s standard issue among North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces is designed to tumble as it travels for maximum damage to that pathetic tush of yours The 5.56mm M855A1 ...

As time went on, the cost of the M855A1 dropped as the Army bought more rounds while the cost of the Mk318 remained relatively constant. The disparity in cost and the strain on logistics caused ...

The Complete offering uses a 14.5-inch Daniel Defense barrel designed specifically for the relatively new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round, and comes with a Surefire SF4P flash hider, which ...

Backface deformation against the M855A1 at 3050 feet per second was recorded at less than 10mm. The Bastion is essentially a lightweight, high-end combat helmet that's up-armored with a modular ...

The Army’s M855A1 round has proved a deadlier bullet than the Corps’ M855 5.56mm round, said Chris Woodburn of the Corps’ Combat Development Command. “The M855A1 provides improved ...