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 ...

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 ...

The M240 naturally fits in as a cornerstone of firepower for the U.S. Army Rangers, with an incredible range of out to nearly ...

Army officials are investigating allegations that a group of Rangers fired blank rounds from automatic weapons without warning at a Florida beach containing crowds of civilians. The incident ...

Summary: The U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program aims to replace the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun with the XM7 rifle and XM250 automatic rifle, both ...

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 ...

NGSW: New Rifles and Machine Guns Firing the 6.8mm caliber, the new NGSW rifles and machine guns are a big change for the Army. The new weapon systems will replace M16/M4 rifles and M249 Squad ...

The Army recently began fielding the 6.8mm Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle and automatic rifle to replace the M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, both chambered in 5.56mm.

While the report doesn't contain specific feedback on the XM7 or XM250 rifles, which were developed by gunmaker Sig Sauer to replace the M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in the Army's ...