Us army carbine trials

The first weapons prototype test wrapped up in September. The next is scheduled for February. By or before October, officials expect to select one of the three companies to build their version of the NGSW. Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since and was named a Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation.

Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War. Your Army. The 6. Early efforts also looked at 6. Funding in the budget will also go toward continued development of the general purpose 6.

The Army is also developing an armor-piercing 6. Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since and was named a Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War. Your Army. Army rifles and carbines have used since The Army, concerned that the 5. The 6. The Rifle and Automatic Rifle versions of the weapons are largely identical, with the latter version likely having features like a heavier barrel to prevent overheating during sustained engagements, a bipod, and the ability to carry more ammunition at the ready.

Here's a promotional video made by General Dynamics showing off their unconventional design:. Each of the three competitors, Defense News points out, takes a different tack to meet Army requirements. And Textron uses a new cased-telescope ammunition design that shortens and lightens the overall length of the cartridge. The companies chosen to build optics for the rifles are experienced military vendors.

Low-power variable optics from Vortex Optics, typically a power scope , have recently popped up on the weapons of U. Army and U. Both optics will include advanced fire control systems improving the likelihood of first round hits—especially during the stress of combat.

Garand from Springfield Armory G. Hyde from Bendix Aviation Corp. The U. Since the Light Rifle Program was aimed at the development of a more effective PDW to replace the M pistol compactness was a primary criterion, thus the weight limitation. Consequently, I find it interesting that none of the submitted designs incorporated a folding stock.

I wonder why reduced overall length was not considered by any of the designers when the intended recipients of the weapons included truck drivers and motorcycle riders. The MP 38 was already in German service when the Light Rifle requirement was issued, granted that was a pistol-caliber gun with inherent range limitations, yet the role it filled in the German army was not too different from that envisioned by the LRP.

The Hyde carbine looks like the best candidate for such a feature. I think in the minds of the designers carbines where not there own weapon but just tiny rifles, and so they fall for the trappings of rifle designs. Especially since recently all carbines where, where paired down versions of existing bolt action rifles.