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US Army Relents: M4 Must Now Compete With H&K, FN Assault Weapons
16 October 2007
Army Times (USA)
Once postponed until December, the Army dust chamber test, designed to test the M4 carbine's performance against a handful of other carbines, should now be finished by Thanksgiving.
Testers at the Army Test and Evaluation Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., began testing the M4 against the Heckler & Koch 416, the H&K XM8 and FNH USA's Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle on Sept. 24, said Army Col. Carl Lipsit, project manager for Soldier Weapons.
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