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An Army officer has raised questions about the Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle, including whether its magazine holds ...
The plan to replace the British military’s SA80-series infantry rifle could be pushed to the right following confirmation from the UK government that Project Grayburn remains in the concept phase, ...
An Army captain's critique of the service’s new XM7 rifle has experts and soldiers split on the issue of magazine capacity.
The Army is changing the name of its new rifle after accidentally taking a name from an unrelated existing weapon, the service announced Wednesday. The service's upcoming M5 from Sig Sauer will ...
Still, the SA80 assault rifle, the standard issue for ... marksmanship harder to achieve.” The military is believed to have around 150,000 SA-80s in service, but they have often been criticised ...
The U.S. Army's newest automatic weapon is getting a workout alongside Filipino forces in the Philippines, according to the ...
Firearms are listed in the order in which they were adopted by the Army, from the oldest to the newest. While this list is focused on infantry weapons, such as carbines and rifles with fully ...
The British army is said to be the 'laughing stock ... Units other than snipers face similar issues. The SA-80 standard infantry rifle, which has been used by British soldiers for four decades ...
(Army) The Army’s newest rifle and automatic rifle are already in the hands of soldiers for testing and will officially field to its first unit in 2024. That platoon, along with a squad from the ...
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 with similar punch at short range.
The now-legendary “U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30 ... of production (“05”), the initials of the manufacturer (i.e., “SA”) and the Ordnance Department’s flaming bomb insignia.