Posted February 12, 2020 9:33 am by Comments

By Peter Suciu

Rejected Army guns include the M1941 Johnson, despite popularity with Marines.


Modern Army guns, including the M4, trace back to the AR-10.
While the Thompson Submachine Gun found great success, Thompson Auto Rifles did not.
The Stoner 63 is an iconic military gun and stepping stone in Army Guns development.
The Johnson Machine Gun saw heavy fighting with Marines in the Pacific theater.

The U.S. Army is currently conducting tests to replace both its M4 Carbine and M249 light machine gun (LMG), formerly designated the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW). The M4 began its service in 1994, while the M249 began fielding in 1984 to provide the accuracy and portability of a rifle and high rate of fire of a machine gun. Both weapons are still widely used, but the Army has decided to seek a new weapon for the 6.8mm round, which was developed to be far more lethal than the currently used 5.56mm NATO cartridge.

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Source:: Tactical Life

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