Army Picks Its Replacement for the M4 and SAW

[sarisataka]

Army Picks Its Replacement for the M4 and SAW

The Army has found its replacements for the M4 rifle and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, handing out a contract to put new guns in the hands of tens of thousands of soldiers.

The force is awarding a 10-year, $20.4 million contract to Sig Sauer for the XM5 Rifle, which will become the new standard rifle for soldiers, and the XM250 Automatic Rifle, which will replace the SAW.

The service will also switch from 5.56mm ammo to 6.8mm, after a search for rounds better built to penetrate body armor.

"Both weapons fire common 6.8 millimeter ammunition utilizing government provided projectiles and vendor-designed cartridges," an Army spokesperson said in a press release. "The new ammunition includes multiple types of tactical and training rounds that increase accuracy and are more lethal against emerging threats than both the 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-picks-replacement-m4-saw-230105091.html

The ammunition change will possibly be more challenging than acquiring the new weapons.

[Hoyt]

1. And all gun-humpers will have to get semi-automatic version to bolster their self-esteem,

or for what other perversions they have.

[sarisataka]

3. Look on the bright side

You will be able to smell the shame of all the fools stuck with their AR15s when all the cool kids are buying the AR16s

It appears however that they have suppressors which if integral would make them NFA items.

[Hoyt]

4. You have a point. The Zimmermans, Rittenhouses, etc., will need an upgrade.

[Archae]

2. I like this news!

My last name is "Sauer," BTW.

(No, sorry, I'm no relation to the Sauers that own the gun company, but I like seeing my name there!)