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the US armed forces are not looking to replace the M16/4 any time soon and couldn't afford to do so even if they wanted.
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If I am not mistaken, the USMC just adopted HK's gas piston operated AR as the, "Infantry Automatic Rifle."
I understand that it is not intended to be issued to all Marines, but that could be the beginning of a significant change.
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The HK, known in the Marines as the M27, is set to replace the M249 SAW. It won't be seeing general issue to all troops.
Right now I seriously doubt anything will come out of the Individual Carbine competition. The weapons submitted likely won't provide enough additional benefit to justify the cost of widespread adoption, and we will more than likely just standardize on the M4A1 across all branches of the service.