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