An Army infantry officer has made a series of criticisms of the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle, which is meant to replace the M4A1 carbine. The Army introduced the XM7 rifle and XM250 light ...

The United States is quietly rewriting the rules of small arms, betting that a radically different rifle and machine gun will decide future firefights. Instead of tweaking the familiar M4 and M249, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soldier conducts training with XM7 at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 20, 2024. An Army captain’s research paper, written at a ...

U.S. Army Fort Campbell Garrison Commander Col. Christopher Midberry fires a Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) Machine Gun during a weapon familiarization demonstration, Sept. 25, 2023, at Fort ...

For the last 20 years, the M4 Carbine has been the Honda Civic of the U.S. military. It was lightweight, easy to maneuver, and you could find parts or ammo literally anywhere on the planet. It was the ...

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles to its first unit, bringing an end to the service's decades-long effort to replace its M4 and M16 family of military ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soldier engages targets with the Next Generation Squad Weapon system’s XM7 rifle and XM157 scope during testing of the rifle and ...

A soldier conducts training with XM7 at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 20, 2024. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Turner Horton. An Army captain’s research paper, written at a Marine Corps professional ...