A shortened variant of the M16A2 rifle, the M4 carbine provides the individual ... approximately 6,000 M4A1 Carbines to the 101st Airborne Division by September and plans to field an additional ...

Under the contract, SIG is supplying the Army with the new XM7 rifle and XM250 ... used in the M4. In order to generate this pressure without blowing out the cartridge case, SIG developed a ...

"We have a good rifle ... 6.5mm case-telescoped ammunition weighs 35 percent less and offers 30 percent more lethality than 7.62mm x 51mm brass ammunition, a much more potent round than the M4 ...

The XM7 rifle and the XM250 squad automatic weapon were delivered to squads within the 101st Airborne Division in ... replacing the ubiquitous M4 rifle, whose design dates to the Vietnam-era ...

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell ... weapon for soldiers across the Army and replace the ubiquitous M4 rifle, which has designs originating from M16s used by Vietnam War soldiers.

The Army has officially fielded its Next Generation Squad Weapon, sending the long-anticipated replacements for the M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon to a 101st Airborne Division brigade ...

This will provide airborne snipers a more compact load during airborne infiltration operations and provide a precision rifle platform more conducive to their combat environment without reducing ...

(Chris OLeary/Army) Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne recently conducted tests of the Army’s newest offering for a compact sniper rifle — and they liked it. Earlier this month snipers with the ...