The Army’s SAW and M4 replacement is headed to troops by 2022

[rangerrebew]

The Army’s SAW and M4 replacement is headed to troops by 2022
By: Todd South   
 

The gun that will replace both the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and the M16/M4 rifle/carbine weapons — and add a new, widely distributed caliber to the U.S. military inventory for the first time in decades — is less than two years away.

The Next Generation Squad Weapon finished its first prototype test event in September. The three previously selected offerings came from Sig Sauer, Textron Systems and General Dynamics Ordnance.

Brig. Gen. David Hodne, Infantry School commandant and Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team director, along with Brig. Gen. Anthony Potts, head of Program Executive Office Soldier, gave updates to Army Times ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition.

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-army/2020/10/14/the-armys-saw-and-m4-replacement-is-headed-to-troops-by-2022/

[sneakypete]

Probably hundreds of millions of dollars and at least a decade of "research" wasted,when they could have accomplished the goal with a weapon of proven reliability going back decades by simply calling FN in Belgium and ordering a ship load of FN-FAL's in 7x57mm.