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The M4 carbine (officially Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4) is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively used by the US military , with decisions to largely replace the M16 rifle in US Army (starting 2010) and US Marine Corps ...
Assault Rifle, Support Weapon United States: The Next Generation Squad Weapon Program is a United States military program created to replace the M4, M249, M240, and 5.56mm round, as well as provide new digital rifle optics. [77] [78] Personal Equipment Integrated Visual Augmentation System [79] Augmented Reality Headset, Personal Equipment
A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...
An M4 Type Post-Ban Carbine was developed for the 1994 United States Federal Assault Weapons Ban requirements. Since the ban expired in 2004, this rifle has essentially been replaced by the M4A2 and M4A3. Some states in the U.S. have kept these laws, so the rifle is still being produced.
The company's flagship product is the Daniel Defense DDM4 AR platform rifle. [3] [1] The company sells the DDM4 to the U.S. Department of Defense, foreign militaries, and civilians; the rifle is sold in fully-automatic form to military, police, and other government agencies, with them selling the semi-automatic form of the rifle to civilians. [3]
The U.S. military uses the Vortex Flash Hider on M4 carbines and M16 rifles. [ note 14 ] A version of the Vortex has been adopted by the Canadian Military for the Colt Canada C8 CQB rifle. [ 174 ] Other flash suppressors developed for the M16 include the Phantom Flash Suppressor by Yankee Hill Machine (YHM) and the KX-3 by Noveske Rifleworks .
The Individual Carbine was a competition to select the planned successor to the M4 carbine in the United States Army. The U.S. Army conducted an open competition for a carbine to replace the M4. This competition was for the Army only—the United States Marine Corps and other branches chose to stay with current weapons in service.
Assault rifles, Battle rifles M16: 5.56×45mm NATO: Assault rifle United States: Phased out in favor of the M4 M4/M4A1: 5.56×45mm NATO: Assault rifle, Carbine United States: Standard service rifle HK416: 5.56×45mm NATO: Assault rifle Germany: D10RS variant with a 10.4-inch barrel. Used by Naval Special Warfare and JSOC. HK417: 7.62×51mm NATO ...