The M16 and its derivatives like the M4 has been the US Army’s weapon of choice for almost 60 years, but its days are finally numbered. What’s next? Meet the next-generation combat rifle: the ...

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles to its first unit, bringing an end to the service's decades-long effort to replace its M4 and M16 family of ...

Volleying Fire With the M16A2. The M16A2 has the three-round burst selection. So, the selector is “safe-semi-three round burst.” This comes in handy at the squad level because you can volley ...

The new weapon systems will replace M16/M4 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) machine guns that use the 5.56mm bullet and have been in service for decades.