Why the M27 Rifle Is One Amazing Firearm (and Why the Marines Love It)
Task and Purpose [2]Christian Wade [3]
After reading the article, “The Marine Corps’ Rifle is Super Expensive – And No One Knows Why,†I spent a few days pondering my response. I have spent almost ten years working to improve the USMC infantry rifle, and I think this article gets it largely wrong about the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle.
The Commandant of the Marine Corps was so impressed by the performance of the M27 in testing and the Marines’ confidence in it that he ordered Marine Corps Systems Command to purchase the Approved Acquisition Objective and fully field the weapon. There was no secret conspiracy to somehow subvert the JCIDS process or the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FARs) and cause the Heckler & Koch M27 IAR to become the USMC Service Rifle.
Source URL (retrieved on March 31, 2018):
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-the-m27-rifle-one-amazing-firearm-why-the-marines-love-25150
