Army Picks Its Replacement for the M4 and SAW

[Sherman A1]

The Army has found its replacements for the M4 rifle and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, handing out a contract to put new guns in the hands of tens of thousands of soldiers.

The force is awarding a 10-year, $20.4 million contract to Sig Sauer for the XM5 Rifle, which will become the new standard rifle for soldiers, and the XM250 Automatic Rifle, which will replace the SAW.

The service will also switch from 5.56mm ammo to 6.8mm, after a search for rounds better built to penetrate body armor.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/04/19/army-picks-its-replacement-m4-and-saw.html

[doc03]

1. Better to pierce body armor, everyone should have a couple of those

[Gore1FL]

2. I'm so old, I wouldn't get my body arm tattooed, much less pierced!

[krispos42]

3. being an unarmored mammal, I'd rather be shot with an armor-piecing bullet

It will go straight through, with no expansion.