September 12, 2019
There Is One Simple Reason Why Marines' Rifles Will Soon Pack a Bigger Punch
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by Jared Keller
Key point: Finding a new RACU system has been a longstanding priority for the Marines.
The Marine Corps has picked up a grab bag of battlefield gadgets in recent years as part of the Pentagon's never-ending quest for sweet, sweet lethality, from advanced weapon sights and optics to laser rangefinders.
Now, after nearly a decade in development, the Corps is finally testing a new gadget designed to unify control over a Marine's many rifle-mounted accessories into a single, easy-to-use system so grunts don't have to take their hands off their rifle in the middle of an operation.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/there-one-simple-reason-why-marines-rifles-will-soon-pack-bigger-punch-79926
