1st US Army Unit to receive new long guns...

[Curmudgeon]

https://www.twz.com/land/first-u-s-a...0-replacements

First U.S. Army Unit Just Received Long Awaited M4 And M249 Replacements

Delivery of the first next-generation rifles and light machine guns to soldiers represents a huge moment for the Army.

byOliver Parken| PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2024 6:38 PM EDT

Troops from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell have become the first to get the Army's next-generation rifles and light machine guns chambered in the new 6.8mm round. This marks the first time in some six decades that any Army unit has gotten all-new small arms, with a completely new caliber of ammunition.

The Army announced yesterday that soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, "accepted Next Generation Rifles and Automatic Rifles [on March 28] in preparation for New Equipment Training (NET) in April."

...more at link, above.


*If this has already been posted or talked about I haven't seen it, so here you go. Lots of cool pics for anyone curious about such.

[ar15jules]

Cool post.

[Walleye Hunter]

All thanks to AJ.

[bogey1]

20k a rifle? Great deal.

[dunno]

20k a rifle? Great deal.

Don't fret over the price, Lord knows the government won't be. Now sit back down and pay your "fair share".


I definitely want a rifle that shoot that round, I am hoping a less expensive AR10 based rifle will be available and the bullets will get below $5 a shot. LOL

[TooBigToFit]

I'm sure we'll find out about some fatal QC or design issue in no time.

Sig USA sucks.

Fight me.

[Shodan]

https://www.twz.com/uploads/2024/03/...=70&width=1440

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

Is he though?

[Emptymag]

https://www.twz.com/uploads/2024/03/...=70&width=1440

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

Is he though?

Not without a clipazine

[JAKIII]

Hmm...

The Army has previously indicated that the 5.56x45mm cartridge has been "maxed out from the performance perspective." Sig's 6.8mm caliber of ammunition which feature a hybrid-metallic casing, designed to reduce their weight offers greater effective range and terminal ballistics over the 5.56mm cartridges.

Per the Army's 2025 Fiscal Year budget request, there is a general-purpose 6.8mm cartridges as well as special purpose cartridge with enhanced penetration capabilities available.

Overall, the M7 and M250 guns will "provide significant capability improvements in accuracy, range and overall lethality" for soldiers, the Army has said in the past. "They are lightweight, fire more lethal ammunition, mitigate recoil, provide improved barrel performance, and include integrated muzzle sound and flash reduction."

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[HanzMcFeely]

Ya know, maybe if they would teach things like marksmanship and how to man up to handle a rifle, they wouldnt need to spend billions in tax money they dont have on a “next gen” weapon