So, more accurate than the M4 because of the longer sight radius/barrel? Couldn’t the same be said of the M-16?
Yes. Interesting isn’t it? Of course they won’t lose the stupid 5.56 which is the actual problem. All they ever needed to do was replace the uppers with TiN/TiCN/NiB/NP3 coated internals, 18” barrels, in 6.5 Grendel.
This way, in 15 years or so, they can replace all those “old fashioned” heavy rifles with light-weight (shorter barrel w/ gas impingement) “modern” rifles and the circle of life (in tax dollar wasting) continues. They will probably still be in 5.56 as well because heaven knows we can’t ever seem to get rid of the most monumental blunders.