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The Next-Gen Rifles Poised to Replace America’s M4

After decades of service, the M4 carbine’s reign as the U.S. military’s standard rifle may be coming to an end. The SIG Sauer ...
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New armor-piercing weapon headed to US troops in Bavaria gives ‘decisive edge’

U.S. soldiers in Germany will be the first to field a new lightweight munition designed to blow up enemy vehicles, the Army said this week. The Vilseck-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment is first in line to ...
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Innovative firms vie at Hawaii competition for Army’s attention and cash prizes

FORD ISLAND, Hawaii — Technicians for defense tech firm ZeroMark strapped an M134 machine gun on the deck of an Army landing craft prototype moored Thursday in Pearl Harbor a few hundred yards from ...
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The military’s irregular warfare researchers are testing a new round, rifle, and machine gun

The Army’s adoption of the M7 rifle to replace the M4 carbine, M250 machine gun to replace the M249 SAW, and 6.8x51mm cartridge to replace 5.56x45mm NATO has been met with criticism from both enlisted ...