The M4 carbine, a compact derivative of the M16 rifle tracing its roots to the Vietnam-era CAR-15, became the ubiquitous ...

The M4-style rifle as only DPMS can render it. Beginning with the 14.5-inch M4-contour barrel with chrome-lined bore and chamber, the DPMS AP4 carbine shares all of the same features as more ...

Key point: No rifle is ideal, but the M4 is very good. The U.S. Army is an armed force with a truly global reach. At any given time, America’s premier land power operates on several different ...

The M5 would use the same 14.5-inch long barrel as the existing M4 carbine, ensuring that the weapon is manageable in the enclosed spaces of a truck, Stryker armored vehicle, or M2 Bradley ...

The utility and do-all capability of the M4-style carbine is hard to deny, and its ubiquity makes it easy to forget that the AR-15 started out as a 20"-barreled rifle as opposed to the more ...

carbine, which includes many of the features of the popular Colt M4 platform. “Producing a mid-length gas system was the logical next-step for us, and it's long overdue," said Justin Baldini ...

Today, the U.S. military classifies the M16 (a full-auto AR15 with a 20-inch barrel) as a rifle and the M4 (a full-auto AR15 with a 14.5-inch barrel) as a carbine. For us civilians, it’s safe to ...

The M16A4 may soon retire. This week, the Marine Corps announced via internal memo that the M4 carbine will become the primary-issued rifle in infantry and security units, as well as replace the ...

A U.S. special operator trains on firing his M4 carbine long-distance at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, in March 2018. (Tech. Sgt. Sam Weaver/Air Force) Using a mid-length gas system on an ...

A standard combat load for the new rifle is expected to be 140 rounds, a sharp drop from the 210-round loadout for the M4. Soldiers carrying the new light machine gun will have a break ...