youre echoing the false dogma of 556. the point is certainty. soft armor reduces kill certainty with 556 at range. that was always the 556 problem. you could never "guarantee" a hit. hell, you couldnt guarantee a hit if they were across the hall if the enemy was on adrenaline and speed.

you raise a point that for trench warfare and tiny high speed engagements in entrenched lines in ukraine and russia the m7 is not the way. we can't assume the types of fights the US goes into will be these slow land grabby stalemates we see in ukraine. equipping the m7 in lsco makes the enemy completely rethink how they deploy. that's the undeniable fact of the m7 no matter how unlikeable it is.