101st Airborne first Army unit to field Next Generation Squad Weapons "Seeing the effects on the targets we had makes up for any concerns I had initially about the increased weight," the colonel said.

The U.S. Army's chief of staff said Monday that its 6.8mm next-generation weapons, slated to replace the M249 squad automatic weapon and the M4A1 carbine, will be able to penetrate any body armor ...

The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) is a US Army project, designed to deliver a new small arms system to the US close-quarter combatants. NGSW is centered around a new rifle (NGSW-R), light ...

There’s also the next-generation squad weapon, whose 6.88 mm ammunition makes it heavier overall than its predecessor. “We're taking a whole bunch of feedback from soldiers, real time ...

"I remember all these next-generation programs [the Next Generation Squad Weapon, the US current program of developing new weapons for the infantry] from the time when I was a lieutenant.

101st Airborne first Army unit to field Next Generation Squad Weapons "Seeing the effects on the targets we had makes up for any concerns I had initially about the increased weight," the colonel said.