USMC Experimenting with a new service rifle

[USMCGrunt]

I am surprised at this. I am not in favor of giving every Marine grunt a full auto option on a "souped up" M4. If they go back to one AR per fire team I can support it, but otherwise, I don't see the need.

In general, it seems like an unnecessary upgrade and budget expense.

http://www.businessinsider.com/marine-corps-experimenting-new-service-rifle-2016-11

 

[sheriff3]

Agreed, I recall the reason the M-16 A2 was invented was that Marines and Soldiers had issues with fire discipline so the A2 was made with a 3 round burst option. A squad of all fully automatic weapons equals a lot of ammo to haul around.

 

[AJC]

Maybe they will use that ATV after all.

 

[raimius]

I seem to recall arguments against semi-auto rifles that centered on the same issue...turns out giving our troops more firepower helps in combat...

 

[sheriff3]

Well hopefully they get the whole melting barrel thing figured out.....