3,000 Army rifles have failed a crucial safety test — and thousands more still need to be tested

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3,000 Army rifles have failed a crucial safety test — and thousands more still need to be tested
Todd South

Since a safety message hit Army units in March, weapons experts have tested 50,000 M4/M16 rifles in their inventory and found an estimated 3,000 have a selector switch malfunction.

And there are about 900,000 more to test.

R. Slade Waters, spokesman for the Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, or TACOM, told Army Times Friday that officials expect the full number will be tested and any malfunctioning weapons fixed within the next 12 to 18 months.

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