M27 vs. M4 The M27 that the Marine Corps currently uses for the IAR, is "hands down, the best automatic rifle in the world," said retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, ...

The Marine Corps’ much-hyped M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle may have picked up a much-needed cost reduction, but the rifle’s troubles are still on full display.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment fire the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire weapons exercise at range F-18 on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 8, 2017.U.S. Marine Corps ...

Infantry Automatic Rifle 'Could' Replace all SAWs. Published November 09, 2010. Incoming Marine Corps Commandant Jim Amos said during a "Town Hall" meeting at Quantico that he was so impressed ...

The Marine Corps is eyeing a purchase of 11,000 new infantry automatic rifles and their accessories as it moves closer to making the IAR the new service rifle for grunts. The service published a ...

Rather than a specialized weapon, the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) could soon be issued to all frontline grunts. The M27 is built by German arms maker Heckler and Koch and is based off their ...

Yet, the rifle’s end has been signaled with combat arms forces replacing the M16 family of rifles: The Marine Corps adopted ...

The IAR was first used in combat by Marines from the Hawaii-based 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines who carried it to Garmser, Afghanistan, in April 2011. The rifle fires both in semi-automatic and fully ...

The new D-60 magazine solves the “suppressive fire” conundrum for Marines equipped with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle by providing the gunner with a 60-round capacity.

Compared to its predecessor – the Singapore-made SAW Ultimax 100 – the new Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940E-SG is shorter and lighter, and has a longer effective range of 600m.

The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle is one of the most recently adopted guns by the Marine Corps. The M27 is based on the Heckler & Koch HK416 platform and is a fairly accurate and highly modular ...