Army Kills New Carbine, Preempting Congress; Industry Groans, ‘Not Again!’

Army Kills New Carbine, Preempting Congress; Industry Groans, ‘Not Again!’
Army Kills New Carbine, Preempting Congress; Industry Groans, ‘Not Again!’

“Everybody loses, go home”: That’s what the US Army told the six gunmakers competing to build a new Individual Carbine to replace the widely used M4, itself a derivative of the venerable M16. Of course, it would have helped if the Army had told the competitors the right kind of ammo to fire (more on…