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Marine Corps Systems Command is purchasing M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles from a single source vendor based on feedback from Marines. Here's how it stacks up against the M4 By Task & Purpose Posted ...

The M27 IAR could replace the M4 carbine.The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines has been conducting pre-deployment exercises using the M27 infantry automatic rifle. The possible new service rifle for ...

Other names for the rifle include the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle currently in use by the U.S. Marine Corps. Along with being issued to infantrymen for combat use, the HK416 also features a ...

A shortened variant of the M16A2 rifle, the M4 carbine provides the individual soldier operating in close quarters the capability to engage targets at extended range with accurate, lethal fire.

Most people today gravitate to semi-automatic guns when picking out a new rifle, never thinking about a bolt-action rifle. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that. To be fair, there are a ton ...

But in 1863, President Lincoln test-fired a Spencer. His approval led to the purchase of 107,372 Spencer repeating carbines and rifles (of 144,500 made), and the Spencer became the principal ...

it never occurred to us why so many were being assigned to infantry. We were destined to take the places of the ever mounting numbers of casualties in the rifle or line companies in the Pacific.

Infantry can fight from inside the vehicle by using modified M-16 rifles mounted in firing ports or may dismount from the M2 version to fight on foot. The vehicle is armed with a 25mm cannon ...

The next developments for the Army’s newest rifle and machine gun may have more ... by personnel assigned to close combat units, such as infantry, combat engineers and special operations troops.

The best rifle case protects your rifle from bumps and bangs that can not only damage the finish, but also knock a scope out of alignment, or even worse, possibly cost you a trophy. You’ll need ...

Marine infantry veteran Michael Collazo ... His military training is on full display as he tells another officer “rifle first” before they clear a classroom. Later, he and the other police ...