The United States is quietly rewriting the rules of small arms, betting that a radically different rifle and machine gun will ...

Some soldiers charged with fighting enemies at close range will have their hands on the Army’s newest 6.8mm caliber rifles and light machine guns by early next year, top Army officials told House ...

Though the Army still hasn’t publicly disclosed which close combat unit will first carry its new rifle, machine gun and ammunition, it did share how much it’s spending and how many weapons are rolling ...

This weapon is meant to replace a legend that served for decades. The US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon introduces new ...

PEO Soldier conducted a live fire event of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Systems during the Manuever Warfare Conference in Fort Moore, GA, September 13, 2023. The new SIG Sauer XM-7 rifle is being ...

When soldiers get their hands on the Army’s new rifle, it will be known as the M7, the service said Wednesday. More than five years in the making, the Next Generation Squad Weapon will replace the M4 ...

For decades, modern warfare relied on the idea that overwhelming firepower could compensate for imperfect information and ...

Much of modern warfare was built around the idea that cover bought survival. Trenches, bunkers, armored hulls, and urban ...

These strange experimental guns might have seemed fine on the drawing board, but they never saw the battlefield.

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Sig Sauer MCX SPEAR, the civilian version of its new Next Generation Squad Weapon, selected in April 2022 by the Army as its M4/M16 and SAW replacement for close combat forces. (Sig Sauer) Though the ...