The Army is issuing Soldiers a new small arms 5.56 ammunition magazine designed expressly for the M4/M4A1 carbine and M16 family of weapons. The 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment from Joint Base ...

My Experience with the M16 and M4 Carbine I served in the U.S. Army from 1999 to 2004. This meant that I used both the M16A2 and the M4 Carbine. I actually preferred the M16A2 – probably because ...

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.

The U.S. Army’s M4 Rifle Failed Badly in a 2008 Shootout Here’s What You Need to Know: Under the right conditions, American weapons can catastrophically fail.

While the rifle used in the test is more akin to the M4A1 SOPMOD Block II used by Special Operations Command than a standard issue Army M4A1, it demonstrates that the M4 can handle high round counts.

Soldiers should know that the XM7 is noticeably heavier than the M4 carbine -- 9.8 pounds suppressed in a basic combat load compared to the M4's 7.4-pound combat load, per the Army -- and delivers ...