That's my bang-around-in-the-Jeep weapon.
Posted on 02/02/2011 5:04:42 PM PST by Pan_Yan
For the first time in almost 50 years, the U.S. Army wants to replace the standard rifle shouldered by hundreds of thousands of frontline troops around the world.
The service this week advertised its interest in a new weapon that would incorporate futuristic sights and other advances in rifle design and be able to handle improved ammunition.
The gun would potentially supplant the M4 carbine, a shorter-barrel version of the M16, the Army's main infantry weapon for decades.
Operations in Afghanistan—where troops often engage the enemy over long distances—have rekindled debate over the quality of the Army's standard-issue rifles and their reliability in dusty, primitive conditions. An Army report on a 2008 battle in Wanat, Afghanistan, cited soldier complaints about jamming and overheating M4s, in particular. Nine servicemen died in that fight.
Critics have also raised concerns about the range and lethality of the 5.56 mm cartridge of the M16/M4.
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I hope so.
My buddy is training up an Apache unit to head again.
He is in his 50’s
Hella pilot
M4s are not a toy. A lot of our enemies have been killed with that weapon.
It does the job it was designed for very well. The job has changed.
That's my bang-around-in-the-Jeep weapon.
Tricked-out Saiga?
Good for close quarters.
Not the hindu kush
Not bloody likely, unless there’s a revolution, Section 922(o) will still be with us, forbidding us mere citizens the “privilege” of owning a post-’86 full auto. No doubt we’ll sell a boatload to Mexico so that their drug hangs can kill more of us gringos to grease the skids for the reconquista.
Would be nice to find out when he was going to be in Times Square and hack the Sony Zombotron there to display video ads for rifles.
Noooo....
Molot VEPR.
A saiga is its po azz cousin
Looks like a Rubik’s Cube for Conservatives.
At a local shooting club I’ve seen guys hit consistently at 600 yds with the AR15. Of course they had upgraded the barrel, trigger, and hand loaded their ammo.
Hey!!! I like my Saiga (especially the po-azz price).
Yep, the job has changed.
Only 500yds for the Garand ?
I have a tricked out saiga .308
Skeleton stock, POSP 6x scope, picitinny rail mounted bipod.
The Vepr blows it away.
Guns,
I don’t have any guns.
They fell out of the bass boat on a fishing trip in very deep water.
I’m not sure which lake we were on at the time.....
The only thing I might ever hunt these days would be urban zombies coming over the back fence if the SHTF in the Big Apple. I think my Saigas (12 ga. & .223) won’t let me down.
I was shooting one day down at the river, and this old like 98 year old WWII vet shows up with an M1 garand and his family.
The guy was frail but he loved that garand. I would huck a target in the river and “kapooey!” he would blow the **** out of it with open sights then chuckle *Heh Heh...one shot one kill, Heh Heh*
Comical old gentleman.
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