Sep 13, 2022 · For more than a year now, U.S. Marines with the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion have been armed in part with a new short-barrel variant of the service’s 5.56x45mm M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle.

Sep 17, 2022 · Force Recon Marines acquire the short-barreled version of the M27 rifle but look ahead to a new weapon that the US Army has in development.

The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mm, select-fire assault rifle / squad automatic weapon developed from the HK416 by Heckler & Koch.

May 7, 2017 · The reason for the M27’s lackluster bolt life has to do with its gas system. From its inception, the HK416 (the family to which the M27 belongs) was designed as a short-barreled rifle, an industry-driven effort to create an alternative to …

The M27 is fielded today as an IAR, precision rifle, general infantry rifle, and most recently as a short-barreled upper receiver Reconnaissance Weapons Kit (RWK). Now civilians can own a piece of Marine Corps history with a limited-run HK MR27, a civilian-legal tribute to the M27.

May 15, 2024 · Now civilians can own a piece of Marine Corps history with a limited-run HK MR27, a civilian-legal tribute to the M27. the MR27 uses the same HK DNA and offers the battlefield-proven reliability, durability, and precision of a …

short of the new M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Combat weight of this light machine gun with 200 rounds loaded plus the USMC version ACOG, laser aiming module and bipod, is about twice that of a comparably equipped M27 and seven loaded mags.

The 5.56mm belt-fed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, adopted by the Marine Corps in 1985, is seen here in its latest ‘Para’ configuration. This evolved from an effort initiated in Marine Force Recon to make it lighter and more maneuverable, but now falling short of …

A variant of the Heckler & Koch HK416, the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) was selected by the U.S. Marine Corps in August 2011 in an innovative program to develop a highly accurate, lightweight, and more reliable alternative to currently fielded light machine guns. The “M27” designation represents a tribute to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine

Sep 13, 2022 · Marine Recon Units Get Short-Barrel Versions Of The H&K M27 Rifle A set of conversion parts, known as the Reconnaissance Weapons Kit, turns full size M27 rifles in smaller handier guns. www.thedrive.com