September 8, 2023: The U.S. Army has placed orders for the new M7 6.8mm assault rifle and M250 6.8mm LMG (Light Machine-Gun). These new weapons replace 1960s-era 5.56mm ammunition that also required a ...

That means SOCOM troops have several assault and automatic weapons available and the M7 is now part of the collection. The current plan is to purchase enough of the 6.8mm weapons for all army combat ...

True Velocity’s new 6.8mm composite cartridge that the Army will evaluate as part of the Next Generation Squad Weapon auto-rifle, rifle and 6.8mm-ammo protype package being submitted by General ...

The XM7 is the Army’s replacement for the M4 while the XM250 will replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Both new weapons are chambered in 6.8mm, a larger and more powerful round than the ...

U.S. Army modernization officials told Congress recently that the service will begin fielding the 6.8mm weapons that will replace M249 squad automatic weapons and M4/M4A1 carbines in fall 2021.

Army thrilled as next-gen 6.8mm squad weapons once thought ‘unachievable’ revealed Brig. Gen. Dave Hodne: 'Those impossibilities are on the floor here today' ...

With advanced weapons technology, ammunition performance and the advanced fire control, Soldiers can put steel on target with 6.8mm general purpose ammunition and defeat the threat at range.

Both weapons fire a 6.8mm round new to the Army’s inventory. The budget calls for the purchase of some 17,000 M7s next year, and nearly 3,000 M250s. Rep. Jeff Jackson, ...

Not much is known about the Army’s new 6.8-millimeter round. A 6.8mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge, invented in 2002 by U.S. Special Forces, exists but critics charge it exhibits only ...

These new weapons are not only armed with the common 6.8mm ammunition, which includes government-supplied projectiles and specially designed cartridges, but they also come equipped with the ...

The Army has selected 6.8mm as the new common round for both its Squad Automatic Weapon and M4 replacement. ... so that designers can find the best fit for ammo in both weapons, ...

This summer, several companies will submit prototypes of the new 6.8mm weapons to the army for testing. The army is expecting there to be a more than two year period of development, with ...