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Originally Posted by Listy
I think that's down to the ACOG sight that is appearing more and more. a couple of years ago in Iraq it appeared that almost every photo had a M16 with ACOG. Now it seems to have switched to mostly M4 carbines.
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I've seen some ACOGs, but I've also seen a lot of non-magnifying optics (EOTech HOLO sights, M68 CCOs, ITL MARS, etc).
In Iraq things have definitely switched over the M4 as far as the photographic evidence is concerned. I'm not sure whether this has been the case in Afghanistan. As I said, the truth of the matter is that unit arsenals probably still have equal quantities of M16s for reissue if the situation was deemed appropriate.