{"id":40441,"date":"2015-07-28T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T13:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=40441"},"modified":"2015-07-28T09:03:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:45:45","slug":"usmc-finally-adopts-m4-to-increase-infantry-lethality-and-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/usmc-finally-adopts-m4-to-increase-infantry-lethality-and-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"USMC Finally Adopts M4 To Increase Infantry \u2018Lethality And Mobility\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_40442\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/USMC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"usmc-finally-adopts-m4-to-increase-infantry-lethality-and-mobility\" title=\"USMC Finally Adopts M4 To Increase Infantry \u2018Lethality And Mobility\u2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40442\" title=\"USMC Finally Adopts M4 To Increase Infantry \u2018Lethality And Mobility\u2019\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/USMC-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The M4, a \" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/USMC-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/USMC-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/USMC.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The switch to the M4, right move for the USMC?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the M4 carbine has been around for decades, the United States Marine Corps has finally made the proposal to adopt the platform as the standard Marine infantry rifle.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes on the heels of the Army, who made the transition from the M16 to the M4 nearly 20 years ago. Now, the USMC is pushing the long range M16 to a support role and brining the more maneuverable M4 to the foreground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe carbine is a great weapon system for its time,\u201d said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Vince Kyzer. \u201cIt will increase the war fighter\u2019s lethality and mobility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As most GunsAmerica readers know, the M16 is a proven platform, but was designed for reaching out and touching someone. Today\u2019s battlefield, however, is significantly different, and our warriors need a primary weapon that better suits their environment.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy evaluation, the USMC found the M4 would be a suitable replacement for the archetypal M16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Marine Corps conducted an evaluation of its individual weapons (M4, M27 and M16A4), with specific focus on comparing accuracy, shift of impact and trajectory with improved ammunition, and determined the M4\u2019s overall performance compares favorably with that of the M27 IAR, the most accurate weapon in the squad,\u201d said Marine Corps spokesman Maj. Anton Semelroth.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the adoption of the M4, the USMC plans to implement a slew of other new technologies that are set to be unveiled in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>This article was a submission from freelance writer Brent Rogers<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe carbine is a great weapon system for its time,\u201d said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Vince Kyzer. \u201cIt will increase the war fighter\u2019s lethality and mobility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":40442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,326,25,243,240],"tags":[132,335],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-brent","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-military","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-military"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USMC Finally Adopts M4 To Increase Infantry \u2018Lethality And Mobility\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cThe carbine is a great weapon system for its time,\u201d said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Vince Kyzer. \u201cIt will increase the war fighter\u2019s lethality and mobility.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/usmc-finally-adopts-m4-to-increase-infantry-lethality-and-mobility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USMC Finally Adopts M4 To Increase Infantry \u2018Lethality And Mobility\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe carbine is a great weapon system for its time,\u201d said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Vince Kyzer. \u201cIt will increase the war fighter\u2019s lethality and mobility.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/usmc-finally-adopts-m4-to-increase-infantry-lethality-and-mobility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-28T13:03:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T21:45:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/USMC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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