When the Army ordered its now standard M4 carbine in 1993 from firearms maker Colt, it saw the rifle as a lighter, more agile alternative to the Vietnam era M16 with similar punch at short range. In ...
Somewhere between the clack of disintegrating links and the sharp bite of spent powder hanging in the air, the Army ran into a reality every grunt learns the hard way. “Good enough” dies fast when the ...
“The squad is now a more lethal organization because they have the M250.” Col. John McRae’s words, spoken as Minnesota Army National Guard troops accepted their first Next Generation Squad Weapons, ...