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Marine Corps To Use Army’s Next-Generation Squad Weapon Program To Replace Its M27 Rifles

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Marine Corps To Use Army’s Next-Generation Squad Weapon Program To Replace Its M27 Rifles
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment fire the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire weapons exercise at range F-18 on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 8, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michaela R. Gregory)

The Marine Corps will procure new weapons to replace its M27 automatic rifles using the Army’s Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program, with initial deliveries to potentially begin by fiscal year 2025. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) said Tuesday the move is part of a large-scale infantry weapons modernization effort designed to fit in with the new plan to redesign the force by 2030.  “This is the largest modernization of the infantry squad in the last 25 years,” Lt. Col. Tim…

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