Army Killed New Carbine Because It Wasn’t Twice As Reliable As Current M4

Army Killed New Carbine Because It Wasn’t Twice As Reliable As Current M4
Army Killed New Carbine Because It Wasn’t Twice As Reliable As Current M4

The Army has half a million M4 carbines, the lightweight version of the Vietnam-vintage M16. So if the service was going to invest in a replacement, it wanted a “leap ahead” that would, among other things, cut in half the number of times the weapon jammed – a criterion the Army has not made clear…

Army Kills New Carbine, Preempting Congress; Industry Groans, ‘Not Again!’

Army Kills New Carbine, Preempting Congress; Industry Groans, ‘Not Again!’
Army Kills New Carbine, Preempting Congress; Industry Groans, ‘Not Again!’

“Everybody loses, go home”: That’s what the US Army told the six gunmakers competing to build a new Individual Carbine to replace the widely used M4, itself a derivative of the venerable M16. Of course, it would have helped if the Army had told the competitors the right kind of ammo to fire (more on…