There's not a ton written about this that I can find, but cracks are appearing in the US military's plan to replace the M4 with a heavier battle rifle designed to defeat body armor. Sig Sauer, which also holds contracts for the current generation pistol and LMG, won a contract last year to also provide the US military with a new rifle. This rifle is to be called the XM7. The civilian equivalent is the Sig Spear. Calling this thing an assault rifle is a bit of a stretch, as it is very heavy and uses heavy ammunition. It turns out that the rifle is failing to penetrate modern body armor without the use of tungsten bullets. Also its reliability is questionable.

    • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Defense contracting is the easiest job. Just throw out some dumb shit to impress boomers and literal kids in the military and you get to be a millionaire

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        You can just declare that the laws of physics aren't real and get a 7 billion dollar contract lmao.

        "We going to re-engineer the bullet so it can go though armour without needing to be armour piercing" was the entire project here lol.