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Old August 12th, 2008, 03:57 PM

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Default Re: USA: OICW and M8 Rifle.

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Originally Posted by Listy View Post
Ahh the M16A4. I thought the US Army was using mostly M4 Carbines these days?
Yes and no. There seems to be constantly shifting consensus, and a lot has to do with current deployments in Iraq, where a carbine is seen as more useful in the urban patrol environment than a full length rifle. Safe to say no US service has completely gotten rid of their full length rifles, and even units that transitioned to the M4 could probably have their M16s reissued if necessary.
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