Army shows off potential new weapon light for M17, M4 (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

Brookshire, showing off an MFAL-equipped M17 handgun, itself a Streamlight TLR-8 on a modified Sig Sauer P320 (Photo: U.S. Army)
Not to spoil the surprise, but the Army’s new Multifunction Aiming Light seems to be a modified Streamlight TLR-8, as shown off at a recent event
During a “Close Combat Lethality Tech Day” demonstration at the Pentagon last month, Curtis Brookshire Jr., a systems engineer at Program Executive Office Soldier, had an M17 pistol and M4 carbine on hand both equipped with the new MFAL. According to Brookshire, the daytime range for the M4-mounted MFAL’s laser is up to 200 meters in sunlight with the IR beam reaching 600 meters at night, while use with the M17 is limited to 25 meters.
A closer look shows the MFAL to be marked much like a standard TLR-8.
Over at Streamlight’s page on the TLR-8, which includes the light shown on a coyote M18-length Sig P320, the system is a little different. Featuring a 500-lumen white LED with a runtime of 1.5-hours, and a 640-660nm red laser with an 18-hour runtime, Streamlight makes no mention of an IR capability, although the company does offer other TLR light models with an integrated eye-safe IR illuminator/laser.
Streamlight shows the

Source: Guns.com