The point made about the .303 cartridge by canadian citizen is one of the main reasons why I like it. Common ammunition throughout a unit is always good, so you don't have to waste money designing new cartriges that might be worse than the original.

I would rather have one common cartridge throughout the infantry ranks (with the exception of heavy weapons and the webley revolver) rather than a whole ton of weapons that all fire different types of ammunition.

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