Cpl. Henry Lopez fires on targets with an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, December 3, 2014.US Marine Corps/Sgt. Alicia R. Leaders
Business Insider: The Marine Corps is rolling out a new rifle — and a whole lot of other gear
* The Marine Corps plans to equip more infantrymen with the M27 rifle, which has been in limited use for sometime.
* The M27 offers longer range and better accuracy than the M4 currently used by Marine rifleman, though not everyone will get the new rifle.
* The M27 is likely to be just one piece of a plethora of new gear headed to Marines in the near future.
More than a year after announcing it was experimenting with a rifle for infantrymen, the Marine Corps has said it will distribute the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle to more Marines, including those outside of the infantry squad.
The M27 is currently carried by just one member of the fire team, the automatic rifleman. But Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller told Military.com in December that the service plans to field the rifle more widely.
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WNU Editor: At $3,000/rifle .... it is not cheap.
