BREAKING: US Army CANCELS M4A1+ Upgrade Program

[joeydiver]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/06/12/breaking-us-army-cancels-m4a1-upgrade-program/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=2016-06-14&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter

The US Army’s plan to wrap new technologies and commercial off the shelf (COTS) improvements into the M4A1 rifle has apparently been canned. The program, called M4A1+, was originally intended to upgrade the M4A1 fleet with new COTS rails, back up sights, flash hiders, triggers, and other improvements, but it seems the service will push forward with the basic 22-year-old M4A1 design for now. ArmyTimes reports:

[Aquabach]

I guess no politician was getting rich off the program

[Mad Russian]

Not for the lack of trying, but they probably figured they couldn't get away with it.

[LazyLab]

The Goatfuckers can barely maintain the M4's they got from the mullah in charge, no way can they handle a upgraded model and giving our guys a upgrade would put his JV team at a disadvantage.

[C6NY]

Just more evidence of odumbo in chief shutting of the spigot off the best fighting force on the planet. He wants us subservient to the mooslems of the world. He wants America overrun by its enemies.

[LazyLab]

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