Posted on Dec 29, 2022

New rifle, light machine gun headed to close combat troops

SSG Carlos Madden

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Is this a big deal? We've had the M-16/M-4 varient for so long this feels like it should be a bigger deal.

New rifle, light machine gun headed to close combat troops

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Maj Robert Thornton

Posted >1 y ago

Aren’t the 6.8 round heavier than the 5.56? That will probably affect the standard load out of ammo. Other than that, the weapon seems like a pretty good upgrade.

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MSG Stan Hutchison

Posted >1 y ago

As I posted on another thread, I hope the transition is better than when we changed over to the M16.

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SGT (Join to see)

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Amen!

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Milly Nino

Posted >1 y ago

ohh interesting

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New rifle, light machine gun headed to close combat troops

New rifle, light machine gun headed to close combat troops

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