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Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by rdl on Thursday April 04, 2019 @11:15AM (#19573280)
> In a single six-week course, each student would fire upward of 150,000 rounds

Whoa. 3571 rounds per day for every day for 42 days?

Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by mikestew on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:18PM (#19574768)
Obviously the ammunition is purchased very much in bulk, but let's say, I dunno, $0.05/round? (I pay around $0.25 or more for .45ACP for a handgun.) Carry the one...$1250/week just in ammo.
Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by rdl on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:33PM (#19574951)
$0.25/rd is a fair price for 9mm or 5.56mm. However, it is 25000 rounds per week. $6250/wk. Plus a bunch of other costs far exceeding the ammo costs. I don't think the 150k rounds round count is reasonable, unless a lot of that is fired from something other than individual weapons used by the servicemember.