When the Army ordered its now standard M4 carbine in 1993 from firearms maker Colt, it saw the rifle as a lighter, more agile alternative to the Vietnam era M16. ... Dec 30, 2022, 12:30pm EST.

The U.S. Army’s existing guns have soldiered on in one way or another for more than 30 years. The M4 carbine is a fully modernized, more compact version of the original M16 rifle first fielded ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Army has sped up and shifted its fielding of the Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle to Pacific-focused and special operations units in the coming months and next year.

Moving to a new, 7.62-millimeter rifle will be a radical departure for the U.S. Army, which has used a 5.56-millimeter rifle since the mid-60s, first with the M-16, then the M-16A1, M-16A2, and ...

EXCLUSIVE: A competing rifle outperformed the Army's favored M4A1 carbine in key firings during a competition last year before the service abruptly called off the tests and stuck with its gun ...

An Army general said the rifle’s new ammunition “stops the enemy at one round. ... The XM7 has a 20-round capacity compared to the Army’s previous M4A1 30-round magazine.

An earlier notation, found in the "Observer's Report North Africa, HQ Army Ground Forces, conducted 12-30-42 to 2-6-43", and dated March 5, 1943, describes the initial use of the M1 carbine in the ...

Firearm-supplier MKS Supply LLC is marketing a new handgun-size version of the historic .30-caliber M1 carbine. The Inland Manufacturing ADVISOR M1 handgun is a chopped and shortened version of ...

My Experience with the M16 and M4 Carbine. I served in the U.S. Army from 1999 to 2004. ... Personnel typically use a 30-round magazine. The M4 is lighter than the M-16 at around 7.3 pounds.

The M7 is expected to replace the M4A1, which has a 30-round magazine. ... Why the Army’s new XM7 rifle reignited a debate over volume of fire; ...

A Republican senator released his hold on the Army’s next acquisitions chief’s confirmation Wednesday while chastising Army senior leaders on the Senate floor for making soldier rifles one ...