Editorial: Don’t wait on M4 fixes

[unhappycamper]

Editorial: Don’t wait on M4 fixes

Everybody knows the M4 carbine isn’t the most reliable weapon available. The Army’s own tests prove it.

In recent “extreme dust tests” simulating conditions even worse than one might find in today’s war zones, the M4 came in dead last behind three other carbines, jamming nearly four times more often than the nearest competitor.

The Special Operations community has already adopted two of the three carbines that outperformed the M4 in the dust test. They believe the new weapons — FNH USA’s SCAR and Heckler & Koch’s 416 — are better.

But leaders in the greater Army refuse to follow suit. Instead, they intend to spend $375 million between now and 2009 on new M4s. Only after that, does the Army plan to consider holding a performance-based competition for a new carbine.

The Marine Corps has decided to issue M4s to every staff noncommissioned officer and most officers, expecting to have more than 60,000 carbines in inventory by July.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_editorial_m4_080114/

[Adsos Letter]

1. Sounds like James Fallowes' "National Defense..."

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