during the 1950s because interim automatic weapons (e.g. M-14E2/M16A1) had failed as viable "base of fire" weapons. Early in the SAW's fielding, the Army identified the need for a Product ...

The only other U.S. military ... semi-automatic mode (to increase accuracy). It had a straight-line stock to reduce perceived recoil and improve control during fully automatic fire. The gun ...

Army researchers are working on combining the control of a muzzle brake with the relative silence of a suppressor to help soldiers maintain quiet, accurate fire on the battlefield By Jared Keller ...