{"id":20307,"date":"2019-02-01T20:19:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T20:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/01\/detailed-requirements-released-for-weapons-to-replace-the-m16m4-and-squad-automatic-weapon-and-ammo-you-may-not-have-seen-before\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:11:48","slug":"detailed-requirements-released-for-weapons-to-replace-the-m16m4-and-squad-automatic-weapon-and-ammo-you-may-not-have-seen-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/02\/01\/detailed-requirements-released-for-weapons-to-replace-the-m16m4-and-squad-automatic-weapon-and-ammo-you-may-not-have-seen-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what the M16 and M4 and Squad Automatic Weapon replacements will look like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Army officials have released a detailed request for prototypes of the planned replacements for both the M16\/M4 and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons. And a battery is included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cprototype opportunity notice\u201d on the government business website fedbizopps.gov<\/a> offers three companies the chance to build the prototypes<\/a> under a lengthy list of requirements and testing evaluations in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While an Army program<\/a> it has been closely watched and involved feedback and participants from both the special operations forces community and Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Next Generation Squad Weapon program has evolved in recent years, honing down to two variants, the NGSW-Automatic Rifle, or SAW replacement, and the rifle\/carbine replacement, NGSW-Rifle. Both will be chambered in 6.8mm, a new intermediate caliber not currently in the general purpose forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\t