After decades of service, the M4 carbine’s reign as the U.S. military’s standard rifle may be coming to an end. The SIG Sauer ...

The US military has attempted to replace the M4/M16 series of weapons for almost five decades. From flechette-firing prototypes to rifles that used caseless ammunition firing in hyperbursts, no weapon ...

Despite the failure of all attempts to replace it, the M4 is growing obsolete. The US military has attempted to replace the M4/M16 series of weapons for almost five decades. From flechette-firing ...

Key Points - The M4 carbine, a compact derivative of the M16 rifle tracing its roots to the Vietnam-era CAR-15, became the ubiquitous weapon for US military personnel ...

Pvt. David, Montoya, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), awaits orders amid ...

A U.S. special operator trains on firing his M4 carbine long-distance at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, in March 2018. (Tech. Sgt. Sam Weaver/Air Force) Using a mid-length gas system on an M4A1 ...

The Army is issuing Soldiers a new small arms 5.56 ammunition magazine designed expressly for the M4/M4A1 carbine and M16 family of weapons. The 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment from Joint Base ...