bb0bbby
04-01-2009, 08:29 PM
http://images.military.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Type&blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadervalue2=inline%3Bfilename%3DFL_pdwsearch_ 032609.jpg&blobkey=id&blobnocache=false&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1209979801919&ssbinary=true March 26, 2009
It could be a perfect fit for cramped cockpits and truck cabs -- a weapon potent enough to penetrate body armor, but sporting a bantam package that won't turn maneuvering in tight spaces into a Houdini act.
Though the Army says it's interested in putting a so-called "subcompact" carbine into the hands of certain Joes, the effort is likely to get kicked to the curb in favor of a new, full-sized carbine -- the victim of withering budgets and the service's focus on updating the M4.....More (http://www.military.com/news/article/armys-subcompact-rifle-search-in-doubt.html?ESRC=army-a.nl)
It could be a perfect fit for cramped cockpits and truck cabs -- a weapon potent enough to penetrate body armor, but sporting a bantam package that won't turn maneuvering in tight spaces into a Houdini act.
Though the Army says it's interested in putting a so-called "subcompact" carbine into the hands of certain Joes, the effort is likely to get kicked to the curb in favor of a new, full-sized carbine -- the victim of withering budgets and the service's focus on updating the M4.....More (http://www.military.com/news/article/armys-subcompact-rifle-search-in-doubt.html?ESRC=army-a.nl)