When the M16A2 was adopted in the 1980s, it could be seen as a rushed product. While the U.S. military needed a new rifle with the faster 1:7 twist to fire the new NATO standard SS109 round, the ...

It goes without saying that the US Army is continuously testing and adding new weapons to its arsenal, so we compiled a list of all these standard issue weapons operable by individual soldiers.

The M16A2 also came at a time where infantry optics were beginning to become commonplace. The Austrian Bundesheer adopted the AUG with an integrated sight in 1977, the British Army would follow ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army's Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program aimed to replace the M16 rifle with a more advanced design but ultimately failed to find a suitable successor. Launched ...

From the battlefields of World War II to the modern-day operations in the Middle East, the US Army Rangers have established ...

The U.S. Army replaced its green-tipped 5.56x45 mm NATO, M855 standard ball cartridge in June 2010 with the lead-free, or “green,” M855A1 cartridge. Like its predecessor, the new bullet weighs ...

The Army has already made more than 90 performance “Engineering Change Proposals” to the M4 carbine since its introduction.

Soldiers with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit's Service Rifle team braved the heat and stiff competition and came out on top at the 49th Interservice Rifle Championships. With their accomplishment ...

The Army is now fixing a previously undiagnosed, unintended discharge problem that’s affecting some of its M4 carbines. The problem that stymied researchers initially was when soldiers at Fort ...

Early America 1786-1833 The U.S. Musket Model 1795, the principle small arm used by the Army in the War of 1812, was a copy of the caliber .69, French Model 1763 Infantry Musket. These muskets ...

Soldiers with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit's Service Rifle team braved the heat and stiff competition to uphold the Army's reputation as the military's best marksmen and came out on top at the ...