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And why not throw in some new explosives, too.

And why not throw in some new explosives, too.

And why not throw in some new explosives, too.

And why not throw in some new explosives, too.

The M4 rifle is a shortened M16 carbine and is by far the most common weapon found in the hands of US forces today. Special Forces troops carry the M4 and

The M27 Automatic Rifle is the standard squad automatic weapon for all United States Army foot soldiers.

The lore filtered down from American ground forces in Vietnam—and later from those in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflicts—was that the M16 and its related M4 platform worked well when they worked, but sometimes failed spectacularly under various combinations of dust, dirt and heat.

“You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life—but if you desire to defend it, protect it and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men in the mud."

The US Army will select its Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle and automatic rifle supplier in the last quarter of this year.

How far would you go to save a friend? Would you selflessly jump on a grenade to save him? Cpl. Kyle Carpenter did.