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Title: Army to Receive 7.62mm Squad Marksman Rifles as Early as Next Year
Post by: rangerrebew on July 14, 2019, 10:50:43 am

Army to Receive 7.62mm Squad Marksman Rifles as Early as Next Year

12 Jul 2019
Military.com | By Matthew Cox

Heckler & Koch Defense Inc. will soon begin delivering thousands of 7.62mm squad-designated marksman rifles to the Army to give infantry and other close-combat units a better chance of penetrating enemy body armor.

H&K will deliver "between 5,000 and 6,000" variants of the G28 rifle, which the Army plans to issue as its new squad designated marksman rifle (SDMR), according to a July 12 H&K news release.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/12/army-receive-762mm-squad-marksman-rifles-early-next-year.html (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/12/army-receive-762mm-squad-marksman-rifles-early-next-year.html)