The concerns about recoil and effectiveness were effectively overruled by the US within NATO, and the other NATO nations accepted that standardization was more important at the time than selection of the ideal cartridge.
Zabrinutost SAD-a o trzaju i učinkovitosti je prevladala nad drugim mišljenjima, pa je stav SAD prihvaćen u NATO-u, a ostale su NATO-ve članice prihvatile mišljenje da je standardizacija bila važnija od izbora idealnog kalibra.