The M4 Carbine is the Army's primary individual combat rifle for Infantry, Ranger, and Special Operations forces. Since its introduction in 1991, the M4 carbine has proven its worth on the ...

The Army has found its replacements for the M4 rifle and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, handing out a contract to put new guns in the hands of tens of thousands of soldiers.. The force is awarding a ...

The M4/M4A1 5.56mm Carbine is a lightweight, gas operated, air cooled, magazine fed, selective rate, ... The Army is pursuing a two-phase PIP to keep the M4 carbine inventory strong.

It took a few years for the Army to decide on a caliber, but they ultimately chose the “intermediate” 6.8mm to replace the existing 5.56mm used in the M4, M16 and M249.

The U.S. Army will buy new automatic infantry weapons starting in 2022, ... The M4 carbine is a fully modernized, more compact version of the original M16 rifle first fielded in 1965.

Spc. Ethan Esposito, Joint Multinational Training Command, fires his M4 carbine rifle during United States Army Europe's Best Warrior Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 31, 2012.

Key point: No rifle is ideal, but the M4 is very good. The U.S. Army is an armed force with a truly global reach. At any given time, America’s premier land power operates on several different ...

Key Points – The M4 carbine, ... 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.

The Army’s M4 Carbine Can Fire Even If You Don't Pull the Trigger The Army has detected a potentially dangerous flaw in its rifles and carbines. By Kyle Mizokami Published: Jun 01, 2018 3:24 PM EDT ...

The Army is asking the gun industry to build new components for its soldiers' primary weapon — the M4 carbine — a move that experts say is a tacit admission that the service has been supplying ...

A 2006 CNA Corporation report surveyed U.S. Army combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan for their opinions on modern infantry weapons. 89 percent felt their M4 carbine was reliable in combat, and ...

Ideally, the Army’s rifle should fire a round between 6.5mm and 6.8mm, ... For the time being, soldiers will have to wait until the Army can develop and field an M4 replacement.