medicman,

I have to respectfully disagree. The "high command" isn't happy when field grade Officers. Platoon, Company, and Battalion Commanders report that their Soldiers can't qualify on the Ranges.

That the Germans Army switched to lighter pointed bullets for their standard cartridge was the official reason for the 30/06 with it's 150 grain spitzer bullet.

It was also an excuse for solving a problem of the U.S. Army Ordinance Corp creating a cartridge with more recoil than a Soldier can tolerate enough to be able to qualify with at the firing Ranges.