The M27 has seen use in Afghanistan and has received positive reception from users citing its accuracy, reliability and portability. According to the report, the Marine Corps’ requirement for the. The weapon is not capable of the level of suppressive fire than that of the heavier belt-fed M249, but the Marine Corps believes that the weapon makes up for it with greater accuracy and ease of carry. In 2011, the Corps first began issuing M27s as a substitute for the larger M249 Squad Automatic Weapons in its infantry squads. It includes a bipod, foregrip and the Trijicon Squad Day Optic as standard equipment. agree there seems to be some bias in favour of the m27 over the m249 and m16a4, and some liberties taken with some statistics - talking about a squad automatic weapon being capable of 2moa accuracy and supposedly being more accurate than the m16a4 rifle, which is supposedly only a 4. It has a heavier, longer barrel than the M4 and is capable of fully automatic fire from standard 30-round magazines. The M27 IAR is based on the Heckler & Koch HK416 assault rifle. It is used by the United States Marine Corps and is intended to enhance an automatic rifleman’s maneuverability. Reduction in weight allows user to be more agile. This allows the user to engage with precision, and switch to suppressive fire, or vice versa, as needed. It operates in semi-automatic and automatic modes of fire.

“Everything I have seen suggests that the M27s we have been using for some time have been the most reliable, durable, and accurate weapons in our rifle squads,” Neller said in a statement. The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle ( IAR) is a lightweight magazine-fed 5.56mm select-fire weapon based on the HK416 rifle designed and manufactured by the German company Heckler & Koch. The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a lightweight, air- cooled, pusher rod gas operated, magazine fed, shoulder fired weapon. The M4 is the carbine version of the M16 rifle, which has been used under a number of variations for nearly 60 years. Robert Neller had praised the weapon in April and said he was considering it for more general issue to Marine combat units to replace the M4.

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