The 5.56-millimeter M27 is based on Heckler & Koch’s HK416. It’s piston-driven and sports a free-floating barrel. Marines reportedly like the M27 for its reliability and accuracy. A marksman’s variant ...

While Neller admitted that the 17-inch M27 might not be ideal for mortar crews or Javelin missile operators, it could be issued to engineers and fire-support teams as well as to Marine infantry. The U ...

The U.S. Marine Corps plans to purchase more than 50,000 additional M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles (IARs) from the German gun-maker Heckler & Koch, according to a recent solicitation. The service, ...

The Marine Corps may finally adopt a new sniper rifle through a stroke of luck: Army officials, continuing to develop their own brand-new sniper rifle, told Task & Purpose that both the Marines and ...

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment fire the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire weapons exercise at range F-18 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 8, 2017. (Lance Cpl.

A member of the Dutch Korps Commandotroepen with an H&K HK416 D10RS (Photo Wikimedia Commons) For decades, German arms giant Heckler & Koch has served as the gold standard for military and civilian ...

Doing more with less is something Marines have always prided themselves on. In Iraq just a little over a decade ago, the most forward-deployed Marines in Anbar Province were still using M16 rifles ...

A U.S. Marine with Headquarters and Service Battalion fires the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire weapons familiarization exercise at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 5.