Featured in 5.56x45mmBYJoseph TrevithickNov 11, 2019ShareThis Exotic Bullpup Rifle Is Competing To Replace The Army’s M4 Carbines And M249 SAWsThis is the only entry in the Army’s competition to use a bullpup configuration and it has other unique features, such as a recoiling barrel assembly. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 11, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 2, 2019ShareUS Special Operators Will Test Sig Sauer’s New Mini Assault Rifle In CombatEvaluating Sig Sauer’s MCX Rattler will help refine its existing requirements for this type of gun ahead of a larger purchase. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 2, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareHeckler & Koch’s New Combat Rifle Tries to Blend the Best Features of Existing DesignsThe firm hopes the gun’s mix of elements from its G36 and HK416 rifles, as well as other manufacturers’ guns, will get the German Army interested. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUkraine’s New AK-M16 Mashup Rifle Is Symbolic of the Country’s Morphing Strategic RealityThe guns are both an important part of the country’s plans to modernize its military and a statement as to its future geopolitical ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Army Wants Its Future Automatic Rifle to Adapt to Other RolesThe service is interested in one design or family of firearms to replace every gun in the infantry platoon. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Army Seeks a New Battle Rifle for Piercing Advanced Body ArmorThe service plans to test as many as eight different rifles, and wants designs that are combat ready now. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe Army Is Once Again Looking to Replace the 5.56mm CartridgeUnder the latest plan, the service hopes it can cook up a new cartridge and buy the first prototypes of all-new firearms by 2020. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 5, 2019ShareUSAF Fighter And Bomber Crews Get Modified M4 Rifles That Fit Under Ejection SeatsThe Aircrew Self Defense Weapons give fighter and bomber crews more firepower than a pistol in case they end up on the run behind enemy lines. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 5, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2019ShareThe Army Is Working On A Mini Assault Rifle That Performs Like An M4, But Is Half As BigThe Army says the core technology could help in the development of lighter, smaller rifles and machine guns, too. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2019ShareU.S. Special Operators Will Soon Be Using This 6.5mm “Assault” Machine GunThe gun offers better range and accuracy over smaller belt-fed squad automatic weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2019ShareUSAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival KitsThe rifles break in half and have other special features so they can fit inside the survival kit underneath a pilot’s ejection seats. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2019ShareThis Gun Paired With New 6.8mm Ammunition Could Be The Army’s Next Standard Issue RifleDefense contractor Textron says its design could also pave the way for the service to adopt improved ammunition types in the future. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 24, 2019ShareSoldiers In Texas Are Putting The Army’s Newest Marksman Rifle Through Its PacesThe new weapons reflect the service’s latest attempt to help infantry squads and other small units take on the enemy at longer ranges. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 24, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 19, 2018ShareArmy To Replace M249 SAWs With New Squad Automatic Rifles Only In ‘Close-Combat’ UnitsAs the service begins evaluating five different prototype designs, it says that secondary units will continue using existing guns for years to come. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 19, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 11, 2019ShareThis Exotic Bullpup Rifle Is Competing To Replace The Army’s M4 Carbines And M249 SAWsThis is the only entry in the Army’s competition to use a bullpup configuration and it has other unique features, such as a recoiling barrel assembly. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 11, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 2, 2019ShareUS Special Operators Will Test Sig Sauer’s New Mini Assault Rifle In CombatEvaluating Sig Sauer’s MCX Rattler will help refine its existing requirements for this type of gun ahead of a larger purchase. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 2, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareHeckler & Koch’s New Combat Rifle Tries to Blend the Best Features of Existing DesignsThe firm hopes the gun’s mix of elements from its G36 and HK416 rifles, as well as other manufacturers’ guns, will get the German Army interested. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUkraine’s New AK-M16 Mashup Rifle Is Symbolic of the Country’s Morphing Strategic RealityThe guns are both an important part of the country’s plans to modernize its military and a statement as to its future geopolitical ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Army Wants Its Future Automatic Rifle to Adapt to Other RolesThe service is interested in one design or family of firearms to replace every gun in the infantry platoon. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Army Seeks a New Battle Rifle for Piercing Advanced Body ArmorThe service plans to test as many as eight different rifles, and wants designs that are combat ready now. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe Army Is Once Again Looking to Replace the 5.56mm CartridgeUnder the latest plan, the service hopes it can cook up a new cartridge and buy the first prototypes of all-new firearms by 2020. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 5, 2019ShareUSAF Fighter And Bomber Crews Get Modified M4 Rifles That Fit Under Ejection SeatsThe Aircrew Self Defense Weapons give fighter and bomber crews more firepower than a pistol in case they end up on the run behind enemy lines. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 5, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2019ShareThe Army Is Working On A Mini Assault Rifle That Performs Like An M4, But Is Half As BigThe Army says the core technology could help in the development of lighter, smaller rifles and machine guns, too. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2019ShareU.S. Special Operators Will Soon Be Using This 6.5mm “Assault” Machine GunThe gun offers better range and accuracy over smaller belt-fed squad automatic weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2019ShareUSAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival KitsThe rifles break in half and have other special features so they can fit inside the survival kit underneath a pilot’s ejection seats. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2019ShareThis Gun Paired With New 6.8mm Ammunition Could Be The Army’s Next Standard Issue RifleDefense contractor Textron says its design could also pave the way for the service to adopt improved ammunition types in the future. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 24, 2019ShareSoldiers In Texas Are Putting The Army’s Newest Marksman Rifle Through Its PacesThe new weapons reflect the service’s latest attempt to help infantry squads and other small units take on the enemy at longer ranges. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 24, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 19, 2018ShareArmy To Replace M249 SAWs With New Squad Automatic Rifles Only In ‘Close-Combat’ UnitsAs the service begins evaluating five different prototype designs, it says that secondary units will continue using existing guns for years to come. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 19, 2018Share