M27 Vs. M7: Why The Marines Aren’t Buying The Army’s New Rifle

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  @Taskandpurpose · 7 months ago (edited) · pinned

  Happy Friday, everybody,<br><br>I&apos;m excited to see the discussion on this one. As much as it seems like this is a dig at the M7, the Marines mostly just don&apos;t want to have to rewrite their doctrine and rewire their logistics networks. EDIT: There are some shots of the M4 where they should be the M27. Lots of footage was mislabeled; we swapped a lot out, but I made the decision to just get it live. So if you&apos;re gonna yell at someone about that, its me. Just squint and you can&apos;t tell the difference. <br><br>Next week, we are talking about South Korea&apos;s defense industry and its incredible growth. Then we got into the issues with USS Gerald R Ford because now the toilets don&apos;t work...it&apos;s bad. <br><br>My email is at the end. I hope you&apos;ll use it if you need it. Thanks for hanging out with us. Hope you all have a great weekend.<br><br>-Kyle

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• RO

  @robertdole5391 · 7 months ago

  TRANSLATION: 5.56 is lighter, we have billions of rounds, and all our allies use it.

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  @GorillaTime-h6b · 7 months ago

  Probably the entirety of Army infantry would prefer the M27 over the Spear

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  @brucehill1220 · 7 months ago

  Upgrade everything except grunts knees and backs

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  @dents8178 · 7 months ago (edited)

  Army Infantry in the 25h ID here, I was issued the M7 last week. Shot it this past week and qualified on it. Nobody in my company likes it, Fully loaded 210 rounds, with a 157 optic, suppressor, PAS (thermal) is around 25 pounds. There are way too many moving parts inside, and theres a weird O ring in the bolt that is too big and doesnt fit back in, its also extremely dirty. Besides the obvious logistical issues, I do not want to carry this through the jungle during an FTX, or to war. Maybe one per squad as a DMR would be alright

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  @mogsniper94 · 7 months ago

  Well us Marines can be accused of being dumb, but we know weapons and logistics. &nbsp; Changing rifle calibers for basically no reason as war looms is a dumb idea.

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  @Leon_14-d7g · 7 months ago

  The Chad heavy barrel automatic rifle VS. The virgin high pressure experimental battle rifle.

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  @lindseykipp191 · 7 months ago

  So you’re saying the marines are… sticking to their guns??? I’ll show myself out. <br><br>That army uniform change joke cut deep.

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  @fallskjermjeger. · 7 months ago (edited)

  Dude, the M27 fits the army better too, especially for airborne infantry.. this M7 situation is foolish. Guys that have been at a desk the past 10 years trying to fight what they imagine all Afghanistan to have been.

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  @stevemartinez4180 · 7 months ago

  One of the unique requirements is having 212 rounds of 5.56 vs 100 rounds of 6.8 for the same weight penalty.

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  @causewaykayak · 7 months ago

  Brit here.<br>Maybe The Marines have long memories about sustainability since I heard from my &nbsp;artillery man Dad 🇬🇧 that they were stuck on some Pacific Island for days with no supplies and a lot of &nbsp;very scratchy &nbsp;Japanese &nbsp;try to get them to go home.<br>Having plenty of what you need really matters.

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  @Nom_AnorVSJedi · 7 months ago

  Two rifles, two ammo types, two supply chains … sounds very inefficient.

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