They want a bullet that can kill, or at least punch through armor. I've heard people from the old breed say that NATO standardization was the worst thing that's happened to the U.S. military since the first M-16s. Then again, they may just be bitter about losing their .45s.
I didn't like that switch, either. Use to be a lot less suburban combat and sidearms were the getting close to knife and hand to hand. That is the biggest advantage to M4 that I see, inner building mobility.
There was an article in Readers Diegest about a Airborne Ranger bragging up to an older Ranger after he made his 50th jump. The older Ranger tells him that he had less than ten jump. Feeling a bit cocky he asked how someone with as many years in could have so few jumps compared to him. His reply was , I had two Stateside ,two in England, one in Normandy,Holland......... That cockiness evaperated pretty quick. lol
Good point. I see most comments here seem to be ignoring the rudeness, or are plainly on the old mans side. Yet from the captions, he's portrayed as an absolute jerkward, yet no one has anything to say about it. I mean the younger guy just seems to be trying to help.
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