Corps may field new Infantry Automatic Rifle

[unhappycamper]

Corps may field new Infantry Automatic Rifle
Staff report
Posted : Saturday Dec 12, 2009 8:32:11 EST

An automatic rifle made by Heckler & Koch may appear in combat by next fall. Soldiers may see it in action, even if they don’t carry it.

The Marine Corps has selected an H&K-made automatic rifle as a possible replacement for its M249 Squad Automatic Weapon.

The H&K Infantry Automatic Rifle beat out three other models in a competition — two made by Colt Defense LLC and one from FN Herstal — according to Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeffrey Eby, the Corps’ senior gunner.

While it’s not a done deal, the H&K model is the clear front-runner in an effort that began in 2006.

Soldiers who want to check out the new lightweight, magazine-fed weapon may have to go to their leatherneck friends.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/12/army_IAR_121209w/

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Either we are "outsourcing" taxpayer dollars to purchase military

supplies or they are manufactured here, H&K is in Germany, France, U.K. and the U.S. What I would be interested in is where the majority of their products are manufactured.

[Historic NY]

2. We don't even manufacture weapons our military want any more...

amazing.