Tag: 5.56x45mm

This Exotic Bullpup Rifle Is Competing To Replace The Army’s M4 Carbines And M249 SAWs

Armies, Assault Rifles, Land, M16/AR15/M4 Pattern, News & Features, Procurement, Small Arms, U.S. Army,

Of the companies competing to build the U.S. Army’s next standard infantry rifle and squad automatic rifle, both of which will use new 6.8mm ammunition, only one offering has a so-called bullpup configuration where main action is positioned behind the pistol grip. There are benefits to this arrangement, namely the ability to maintain the accuracy that a longer barrel offers in a more compact package, but the U.S. military as a whole has rejected them in the past in favor of more traditional designs.

The Army Is Working On A Mini Assault Rifle That Performs Like An M4, But Is Half As Big

Armies, Assault Rifles, Land, M16/AR15/M4 Pattern, PDWs, Small Arms, U.S. Army,

U.S. Army researchers are working to develop a personal defense weapon that offers the same muzzle velocity as a standard M4 carbine in a package that’s half as long, half the weight, and uses smaller, lighter ammunition. The service’s engineers say that the design features they are working with to achieve these results are readily scalable and could offer a path to lighter weight rifles and machine guns in the future, too.

U.S. Special Operators Will Soon Be Using This 6.5mm “Assault” Machine Gun

Assault Rifles, Land, Small Arms, Special Operations,

FN America has unveiled a prototype of its new Mk 48 Mod 2 machine gun in the 6.5mm Creedmoor cartridge, which it developed in response to a U.S. Special Operations Command requirement. American special operations forces are interested in acquiring an “assault” machine gun in this caliber, which would offer better range than existing weapons using the smaller 5.56x45mm cartridge, but would still be lighter than more traditional light machine guns.

USAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival Kits

Air, Air Forces, Assault Rifles, Land, M16/AR15/M4 Pattern, PDWs, Small Arms, U.S. Air Force,

The U.S. Air Force is now issuing new survival rifles, also known as the GAU-5/A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, to at least some units. So we’re now beginning to get a better look at the gun, a variant of the AR-15/M16 pattern design, which has specialized features so it can break apart and fit compactly into the standard survival kit in an aviator’s ejection seat.