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.

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 ...

The 5.56mm M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle has remained a favorite rifle of the Marine Corps for the better part of this decade. Based on the Heckler & Koch HK416 assault rifle and adopted in 2011 to ...

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 additional M27 IARs will partially replace the current M4 carbine semi-automatic rifle, program officials said. Unlike the M4, the M27 IAR is a fully automatic rifle that provides a higher volume ...

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 ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is expanding its use of a new automatic rifle, issuing it to all Marine infantry and other Marines at the very tip of the spear. The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle will replace ...

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.

The IAR is pretty much a 16.5" HK416D with a bunch of accessories required by the Corps. ... Second, there's a question of what mags work in the gun.

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