Is Green Tip 5.56 Armor Piercing?

Buckinghorseoutpost04 Jun, 2024Business

If you have the patience to read more, please do, and we will explain this. The difference between green tip 5.56, and what shall we call, regular 5.56, has to do with the manufacture of the bullet, not the green tip. That’s just there so soldiers can tell it apart from standard FMJ 5.56 ammo. First let’s look at the latter. When 5.56 was developed, as a cartridge, there were, naturally, several requirements set for it by the U.S. Continental Army Command (CONARC), the body that authorized it.