[archy]

the mistake here is that we really do NOT want to kill them. We want to wound them badly so we can take him and one or two of his buds off the battlefield to care for him. So essentially - one 5.56 = 2 or three off the field - get it?

If we kill him that's one... again the goal is to badly wound not kill.

Sometimes. That's essentially the idea behind using a very high velocity but small/light projectile- at a respectable distance, it'll wound to achieve the effect you describe. But should the target choose to engage the shooter from a much closer distance, a hit while the bullet is travelling very fast and at very high rotational speeds will end the dispute quickly.

The alternative view, unfortunately not as convenient for small arms usage as might be desired; XM1028 120mm for M1A1 Abrams smoothbore main gun:

[Dan Evans]

Tungsten ball payload. Is this the environmentally correct ammunition they mandated during the Clinton administration? Tungsten costs about a twenty bucks an ounce.

I seem to remember reading about how, after the executive order went out, someone realized that China had about 90% of the world's supply of tungsten.