Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo Soldiers at Fort Riley, Kan., take a look at their new M4-A1 carbines. Some soldiers know the M4A1 carbine rifle — which the M4A1+ program aims to augment – better than ...

The Army may be working overtime to field a more powerful rifle to replace the M4 carbine and M16 rifle that soldiers have been complaining about for years, but that’s not stopping the branch from ...

The Army has tested 50,000 M4/M16 weapons in the past three months and has another 900,000 to go. An estimated 6 percent, or 3,000 have so far displayed a major malfunction requiring repair. (Army) R.

The U.S. Army is considering several upgrades to the M4A1 Carbine that could improve its accuracy and performance and change the weapon's appearance. Army weapons and contracting officials recently ...

October 24, 2018: Earlier in 2018 the U.S. military confirmed a rare problem with its M4 and M16 assault rifles that results in the weapon firing without pulling the trigger. The flaw is encountered ...

Historic US military rifles in pictures From the Browning Automatic Rifle to the M16 and the new upgraded M4A1, America’s combat rifles have undergone a dramatic transformation over the last 100 years ...

The M4A1+ effort was designed to look for add-on components that will “seamlessly integrate with the current M4A1 Carbine … without negatively impacting or affecting the performance or operation of ...

Such a major purchase over an extended timeline seems to run counter to the Army’s recent phased transition away from the M16 platform, given the M4’s relative superiority downrange. It also seems ...

July 16, 2015: The U.S. Army has agreed to create another batch of upgrades for its M4A1 assault rifle, basically creating the M4A2 (or M4A1+, take your pick). The list of M4A2 improvement is still ...