The Army has officially designated its newest rifle and automatic rifle the M7 and M250, respectively. The move, which the service touted as a “major program milestone,” comes weeks after the Army’s ...

Chris Capelluto’s explainer on Cappy Army makes the case clearly: the Barrett MK22 MRAD became the U.S. military’s one-rifle ...

An Army captain’s research paper, written at a Marine Corps professional school, criticized the service’s move to a new rifle and reignited a long-standing debate among infantrymen: heavier caliber or ...

The Army's new rifle for individual soldiers, the M7, has been moved out of a testing program designed within the Pentagon designed to provide real-world, independent reviews of weapon systems. The ...

Key Points - The M16 rifle's introduction during the Vietnam War was deeply controversial despite its "on-paper" advantages over the M14—lighter weight, higher ammunition capacity, and lower recoil.

In May 2025, the U.S. Army’s Soldier Lethality Project at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey announced the official type classification of SIG Sauer’s M7 rifle and M250 automatic rifle, previously ...

Spc. Divenson Willis, a scout from 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, provides security with the Mk22 Precision Sniper Rifle. (Maj. Gregory Walsh/Army) The Army is upgrading a multipurpose sniper ...

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The Army has officially fielded its brand-new rifles to soldiers, but the service is apparently still working out the kinks with the systems' advanced optic, according to a new assessment from the ...

CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — The Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division is among the first Guard units to field the Army’s newest automatic rifle, the M250, during a new equipment training event at ...

A soldier conducts training with XM7 at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 20, 2024. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Turner Horton. An Army captain’s research paper, written at a Marine Corps professional ...