US Marine Corps (USMC) snipers with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted field evaluations of the new Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR)/M14 during their recent deployment to Kandahar in Afghanistan. The DMR is an enhanced 7.62mm version of the M14rifle, theUSMC's former assault ...
Marines prop their rifles on shooting barricades during an annual rifle qualification course. (Lance Cpl. Noah Braswell/Marine Corps) WASHINGTON ― Marines might soon see some new, high-tech tools to help them become more lethal shooters. Top leaders in weapons training and marksmanship shared a ...
This is the first commercial magazine adopted as the official standard for the Marine Corps primary service rifle, Magpul explained. THE 5 COOLEST MILITARY INNOVATIONS OF 2016 Magpul has also introduced thePMAG GEN 3in the “medium coyote tan” color. The black and medium coyote tan are now t...
s standard rifle loadout for years now, but among old timers, the use of an RCO, rather than the rifle’s traditional iron sights, is just another sign of the Corps’ softening over the years. Now, the Marine Corps may actuallyrun outof the standard issue optics in as little a...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is beginning to field the new Mk13 Mod 7 sniper rifle to all its units. The new sniper rifle has a bolt action, stainless steel match grade barrel, dual locking lugs, an extended free float rail system — which can receive numerous enhancing gadgets ...
The Marine command will be the smallest of the service components, with fewer than 300 uniformed and civilian personnel at full operational capability, compared to 1,000 for the Army, for example, and 600 for the Navy. But Marines assigned to MARFORCYBER will still be riflemen first and not...
The Marine Corps has famously claimed that every Marine is a rifleman, but the Corps has moved 1,000 personnel in the last two years to focus on cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence and information operations. These moves have come at the cost of infantry, “a pretty big cost to...
The Marine Corps may spend up to $249 million over up eight years on Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L), a program aimed to furnish dismounted Marine rifle squads with a portable beyond-line-of-sight precision attack capability. Marine specifications note the munition should ideally also be...
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