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M16A4 rifle with a removable carrying handle, polymer handguards and M7 bayonet mounted M16A4 rifle with ACOG sight, railed hand guard and foregrip. Adopted in July 1997, the M16A4 is the fourth generation of the M16 series. It is equipped with a removable carrying handle and Picatinny rail for mounting optics and other ancillary devices. [22]
The basic infantry weapon of the United States Marine Corps is the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Suppressive fire is provided by the M240B machine gun, at the squad and company levels respectively. In addition, indirect fire is provided by the M320 grenade launcher in fireteams, M224a1 60 mm mortar in companies, and M252 81 mm mortar in battalions.
U.S. Marines with OKC-3S bayonets fixed to their M16A4 rifles during the Second Battle of Fallujah, November 2004.. The OKC-3S is part of a series of weapon improvements begun in 2001 by Commandant of the Marine Corps James L. Jones to expand and toughen hand-to-hand combat training for Marines, including training in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and knife fighting.
Army, Marine Corps: M16A4 still in use with some Marine Corps units. HK416: Assault rifle: Heckler & Koch: 5.56×45mm NATO: USSOCOM: Piston operated rifle, ergonomics and controls based on the M16/M4 platform. M27 IAR: Assault rifle, Squad automatic weapon: Heckler & Koch: 5.56×45mm NATO: Marine Corps
The United States Army, Air Force and Marine Corps field the Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG, a 4× magnification model with a 32mm objective lens (4×32), with specially designed ballistic compensating reticles that are fiber optic & tritium illuminated, for the M4 carbine and M16A4 rifle. [22]
The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mm, select-fire assault rifle, based on the HK416 by Heckler & Koch.It is used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and is intended to be issued to all infantry riflemen as well as automatic riflemen.
For example, until October 2015, when the M4 carbine was approved as the new standard-issue rifle, the M16A4 rifle was still standard issue throughout the United States Marine Corps. The barrel on the Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle , the current rifle used by the squad designated marksman in the USMC, is only 500 mm (18 in) long - 50 mm (2 in ...
M16A4 (5.56×45mm NATO) (USMC, US Army) ... Mk 12 Mod 0/1 Special Purpose Rifle (5.56×45mm NATO) (US Navy, USMC ... Five U.S. Marine Corps privates with fixed ...