Army to field advanced squad weapon replacements to only 100,000 soldiers

By Maximilian Kwiatkowski / October 17, 2018 at 11:07 AM
The Army's future Next Generation Squad Weapon-Rifle and NGSW-Automatic Rifle will only be fielded to about 100,000 troops, according to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley. "We are probably not going to field the entire Army with this weapon," Milley said during a press conference at the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting last week. "We will prioritize those soldiers who are in close-quarters, combat-type duties, such as infantry, armor, cavalry, rangers, special forces, combat engineers and...

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