FROM RIFLES TO ROBOT TANKS, HERE ARE THE 24 NEW WEAPONS THE ARMY IS FIELDING IN THE NEXT YEAR
October 26, 2022 ·Jenna Biter
From missiles that can reach across continents to the first new infantry rifle in generations, the Army is rebuilding itself. Photos courtesy of Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Sig Sauer, the US Army. Composite by Matt White and Kenna Lee/Coffee or Die Magazine.
The Army is transforming from the soldier up, from the rifles they carry to the missiles that fly over their heads.
By the end of 2023, soldiers will go into the field with 24 new weapons and other combat systems, either prototypes or fully operational equipment.
The two dozen systems currently or soon to be rolled out are the backbone of the Army’s plans to fully modernize the weapons and equipment it uses in nearly ever aspect of how it fights by 2030, officials said in early October at the annual meeting of the Association of the US Army, or AUSA, in Washington, DC.
Over the next decade, the Army will field more than 30 new systems, from rifles to tanks and drones to the continent-crossing ‘Dark Eagle’ missile system. Army Futures Command officials told Coffee or Die Magazine that 14 of those systems, including enhanced night vision gear, are already in the hands of soldiers. With more than half of the systems not yet in the field, the next couple of years are key for delivery.
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