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US M4 ugrade


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As some of you might know, the US military is currently in the process of upgrading its M4 weapons system. Mainly due to reliability issues regarding the original (especially under sustained fire)

 

Here is the difference between the firearms under sustained automatic fire

 

The original M4, rounds till failure: 535

Reason for failure: ruptured barrel

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/01/12/...iring-test.html

 

The new M4a1, rounds till failure: 911

Reason for failure: melted gas tube

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/01/12/...iring-test.html

 

ATB :drinks:

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