Soldiers In Texas Are Putting The Army's Newest Marksman Rifle Through Its Paces
The new weapons reflect the service's latest attempt to help infantry squads and other small units take on the enemy at longer ranges.
By Joseph TrevithickDecember 27, 2018
U.S. Army personnel at Fort Bliss in Texas are conducting a limited user trial of the service’s new 7.62x51mm Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R. This is the latest in a series of efforts to give individual infantry squads, as well as scout and combat engineering units, the ability to more precisely engage targets at longer distances.
The service revealed the ongoing evaluations on Dec. 27, 2018, in a year-end wrap-up of developments associated with its new Futures Command, which includes a team dedicated to improving the lethality of individual soldiers. The first batch of nearly 120 rifles had gone to the 82nd Airborne Division and other select units in September 2018.
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