There are some ballistic wound studies the US Army has performed that point to both 7.62 NATO and 7.62x39 are less lethal on unarmored targets than 5.56 NATO and a number of other smaller calibers due to overpenetration and lack of yaw.
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If I remember correctly the initial M16 enhanced lethality claims vs the M14 were due to Colt not having machine tolerances for making the barrel 1:12 but just lied and made it 1:16 causing the bullets to hit targets frigging sideways
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