.280 British Stats?

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Originally Posted by Rupert

Effectively everyone except the US agreed that full-powered battle rifle cartridges were uselessly over-powered for infantry rifles. The US essentially bullied everyone into standardising a round that wasn't fit for purpose, then when it realised this bullied them into switching to a new round that fortunately was.

Not quite. The .280 British's inability to pierce steel helmets beyond 700 meters and its heavily arced trajectory made the French & Canadian delegates also wary of the round.

British steel core versions apparently screwed with the accuracy.