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Originally Posted by Soukus
FM SCAR is already in limited service and likely to replace the M16 as time goes on. Like a lot of things in G'ment it is probably going to be a slow process.
The guys on the AR15 forum have been all over this article. Seems the claims of over heating is a little questionable. And the soldier's comment about tossing his rifle aside without trying to clear the jam was a little disturbing. Maybe he did try but the author didn't include it in the article. The article may not be the full story.
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The FN SCAR will never replace the M16 in widespread use in the US military. It's simply not a significant upgrade.
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Originally Posted by AZ_porschekid
maybe we should switch over to AK's like the rest of the world?
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The Soviet Union replaced the AK-47 in front line service over 30 years ago.
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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Mini-14's....
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...would have over-heated long before the HBAR M-4s did.
Every rifle has a sustained fire rate. Exceed it for an appreciable amount of time and every rifle at some point becomes a paper weight.
The M249's mentioned in the article are considered to be the finest LMG's on earth, and even they malfunctioned after severe overheating. This article is all wet and looks to blame equipment for what was a manpower/staffing failure.
If you want to blame someone for these "disasters", blame Obama. He's the one that's dragging his feet on reinforcing our men in A-stan. Him, and no one else.