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    The Corps Just Issued An Intent Notice To Buy 50,000 M27 Rifles

    The Corps Just Issued An Intent Notice To Buy 50,000 M27 Rifles

    It seems to be a good replacement for the M-4.

    The Marine Corps infantry rifle could be seeing an upgrade in the very near future.

    On Aug. 11, the U.S. Marine Corps issued a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for more than 50,000 new M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles from Heckler & Koch. This is a significantly large jump from the 11,000 stated in a Request For Information originally issued at the beginning of 2017, which sparked speculation that the Corps was looking to replace its M4s.
    “Everything I have seen suggests that the M27s we have been using for some time have been the most reliable, durable, and accurate weapons in our rifle squads,” Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller said in a *statement back in April. However, cost has been a primary issue given than the M27 can run up to $3,000 a rifle.
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    It's going to replace the M249, that will be interesting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Safety View Post
    It's going to replace the M249, that will be interesting.
    It will replace the M4.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    It will replace the M4.
    This is what I was reading....

    The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a lightweight, magazine-fed 5.56mm weapon based on the Heckler & Koch HK416. It used by the United States Marine Corps and is intended to enhance an automatic rifleman's maneuverability. The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to purchase 6,500 M27s to replace a portion of the M249 light machine guns currently employed by automatic riflemen within Infantry and Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions. Approximately 8,000–10,000 M249s will remain in service at the company level to be used at the discretion of company commanders. The United States Army does not plan to purchase the IAR.[5][6][7]
    At first I thought it was replacing the main assault rifle (M4), but when I read that, it said it was replacing the M249, which raised my eyebrows because it doesn't strike me as being comparable to the SAW.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Safety View Post
    This is what I was reading....



    At first I thought it was replacing the main assault rifle (M4), but when I read that, it said it was replacing the M249, which raised my eyebrows because it doesn't strike me as being comparable to the SAW.
    I agree that it isn't comparable to the SAW which is a light machine gun.
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    Yeah replacing the SAW. Weird. And why stick with 5.56 I wonder... I thought everyone hated that round...

    And why buy from a German company? WTF? Where is Trump's "only American" tripe now?
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    H&K make good weapons.
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    heckler and koch make some fantastic assault rifles, our dept used them going back as far as I remember

    I remember my first firearm training class, they showed us a video of the HK assualt rifle vintage 1960s showed a soldier running ankle deep in mud he fell intentionally, the entire flash suppressor and beyond was clogged solid, he put the rifle on his hip and fired not a problem.

    He took sand poured it down the barrel and then wet it, fired the rifle not a problem.
    I remember though the first time I fired it, I thought it felt tinny almost toy like as the rounds hit all 5s on the target.
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    Here is another article from Military Times that is clearer than the OP. The Corps did buy the M-27 to replaces a part of the M249 inventory, then figured out that was a bad idea and now wants to use the M-27 to replace the M-4.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Safety View Post
    It's going to replace the M249, that will be interesting.
    I don't believe that's accurate.

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