Army Sets Sights on New Rifle

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Army Sets Sights on New Rifle

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Competition Would Replace M16s and M4s, Workhorses With Reliability Issues

By NATHAN HODGE Wall Street Journal

For the first time in almost 50 years, the U.S. Army wants to replace the standard rifle shouldered by hundreds of thousands of frontline troops around the world.

The service this week advertised its interest in a new weapon that would incorporate futuristic sights and other advances in rifle design and be able to handle improved ammunition.

The gun would potentially supplant the M4 carbine, a shorter-barrel version of the M16, the Army's main infantry weapon for decades.

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