US Army wants to bring back the Battle Rifle

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Re: US Army wants to bring back the Battle Rifle

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stroo wrote:A Marine I know well, used and was satisfied with the M4 in Iraq although he preferred his grenade launcher to his rifle. But he went to an AR 10 variant in Afghanistan because the engagement distances were often longer, past the 600 yards of the M4. He was in Marcom in Afghanistan so he could choose his weapon.

I don't have enough knowledge about any of the variants being considered to have an opinion.
Afghanistan was a fairly unique battlefield in modern times, we are much more likely to see Iraq/urban style engagements going forward. The need to have every infantryman able to shoot 1 klick away isn't very practical if you consider the ranges that engagements will typically happen at
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