A Defense Department highlighted the Army's Next Generation Squad Weapons' suitability and the soldiers' safety concerns.

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CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — The Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division is among the first Guard units to field the Army’s newest automatic rifle, the M250, during a new equipment training event at ...

The U.S. Army’s newest automatic weapon is getting a workout alongside Filipino forces in the Philippines, according to the 25th Infantry Division. Photographs released by the Defense Department last ...

In a modern gunfight, a squad wins by putting the right kind of fire in the right place fast, and keeping it there. That takes more than marksmanship. It takes a rifle and an automatic rifle that ...

The M249 used to be a squad’s insurance policy. When rifles could not solve the problem, the SAW did. It worked, for a long time, until the fight started asking for more reach than 5.56 could reliably ...

Ron Cohen recalls lugging an M240 machine gun around while he served as a young infantryman with the Israel Defense Forces. At 5’9” and about 150 pounds, carrying the 26-pound weapon was a strain. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesota National Guard soldiers receive instruction on the M250 automatic rifle during a new equipment training fielding session ...