The U.S. Army seeks to test squad weapon prototypes from General Dynamics, Textron Systems and Sig Sauer with a new fire control system this April, National Defense Magazinereported Monday.
The U.S. Marine Corps has cleared Magpul Industries‘ polymer-based magazine for combat and training applications, Military Times reported Sunday. Shawn Snow writes the Marine Corps Systems Command said Magpul’s GenM3 PMAG was the only magazine that met performance requirements across all combinations of the service branch’s 5.56mm rifles and ammunition during tests. “The specification to use ‘only tested, approved, and […] More